It remains unlikely that the New York Jets will trade running back Breece Hall.
But if they were? The Kansas City Chiefs, with the rhetoric of "helping Patrick Mahomes win another Super Bowl", have been mentioned as a team that should be interested.
Despite KC adding two ball carriers this offseason and returning the top two from the 2024 depth chart, Bleacher Report's Mitchel Milani believes they need another. He couldn't help but blurt out a hypothetical pitch that sends rising star Hall to the Chiefs in exchange for a third-round NFL Draft pick.
“In his first two years, [Hall] was a per-play, per-carry machine. He is also a really good pass catcher. I could kind of see - stay with me here - some Brian Westbrook in his game," Milani said, referring to ex-Eagle Westbrook's gifted receiving ability out of the backfield.
"If I'm Andy Reid, when I look at the Chiefs’ deficiencies last year, they didn’t have a running back that they could rely on in pass-catching situations. They didn’t have a running back that they could rely on to finish a game."
Yes, the Chiefs averaged just 3.7 yards per carry last season ... but they have already made their intended moves this offseason to try patching that hole.
Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt are still on the team. In the seventh round, the team drafted Brashard Smith, who boasts a 4.37 40-yard dash time from the Combine. Additionally, KC added a veteran presence in former San Francisco 49ers ball-carrier Elijah Mitchell.
The Chiefs are desperate for more production. Not another running back.
Adding Hall - as promising a talent as he is - would overpopulate and complicate this room even more.
And at the expense of a premium draft pick? No shot.
The idea of the Jets trading Hall, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract, also doesn't seem to make much sense, at least right now.
His name has been circulating the rumor mill for months, but new head coach Aaron Glenn has repeatedly stated that he wants to keep Hall on the roster to start this season.
New York hopes to be a run-heavy team, and it'll likely deploy a committee approach with Hall sharing touches with Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis.
The former Iowa State standout may not like that very much - as he's already publicly dismissed the idea - but it won't be until at least near the trade deadline until anything can get done about it.
For all we know, Hall could reemerge as a premier running back again and regain clear RB1 status in the Big Apple, thus wiping the thought of trading him.
And for Kansas City, they've made three straight Super Bowls with a mediocre run game ... who's to say that can't happen again?
With a fairly open competition between four bodies, the Chiefs are perfectly fine letting things play out.
At least until the trade deadline ... when proposals like this actually have evidence to defend them.
