Jets face uncomfortable truth with trade deadline, Breece Hall

The New York Jets are running out of time. At 0-5 and with the trade deadline drawing closer, many players on expiring contracts may end up being dealt in the coming weeks.

Fan favorites like running back Breece Hall, linebacker Quincy Williams, and even cornerback Michael Carter II are names that analysts around the league have discussed as potential trade candidates.

The more the Jets lose, the more likely it is that one or more of these players will be dealt by the Nov. 4 deadline.

If the winning doesn’t start, some uncomfortable truths will begin to take shape for New York, the kind that can alter the course of a franchise from year to year.

Uncomfortable truths of the trade deadline

Should the Jets look to sell some of their assets, it would mark a complete shift in how the organization is operating. When head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey were hired, they both declared the team was merely retooling, not rebuilding.

They believed there was enough talent on the roster to remain competitive.

Clearly, the 0-5 start has only proved to the two new leaders that the talent on their roster isn’t nearly as good as originally thought, or at least not impactful enough to turn the organization around.

New York isn’t good enough in any area right now. Not only have the players not been good enough, but the coaches haven’t been good enough, either.

The Jets likely won’t move on from this regime after just one season. For that reason, Glenn and Mougey should set their sights on the chance to infuse the roster with their own players in 2026.

The uncomfortable truth of that scenario is that it would involve dumping fan favorites from the past regime.

As the Jets continue losing, it becomes less likely that New York’s inherited players can be a part of the solution.

Breece Hall’s future with Jets

Most likely, there is only one appealing trade asset on the Jets’ roster who the team would consider trading.

Quincy Williams is on injured reserve, while Michael Carter II is enduring a career-worst season.

That leaves Breece Hall as the only Jets player who is performing at a high level and does not have a contract beyond this 2025 season. Through five games, the Iowa State product has recorded over 500 total yards of offense and is averaging six yards per touch, his best mark since his rookie year.

Whether it’s a third or fourth-round pick, trading Hall may give New York the kind of ironclad draft capital it wouldn’t receive if he were to walk in free agency. While the Jets may get a compensatory pick for Hall (should he not be traded), New York’s free agent signings would likely cancel out that return.

It’s better to trade Hall now than wait and potentially lose him for nothing.

The tricky part of the Jets’ deadline decision is that trading a player like Hall, Quincy Williams, or even defensive tackle Quinnen Williams would create a new need on the roster.

If Hall is moved, that means the running back position must be addressed in the offseason. The solution may be cheaper, but the player brought in may not be as good as Hall.

This all could have been avoided if Gang Green had won a couple of games or at least been competitive in their early-season slate. That hasn’t happened.

Instead, New York is at the stage of the season where it needs to start selling off expiring assets.

Hall is the obvious one to go — even if it means opening up additional needs in the future.