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Jets' Breece Hall Ready To Cash In On 'Potential' After Taking 'Blame'

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Adam Schultz | Last updated Jun 17, 2025 12:42 PM ET

New York Jets running back Breece Hall is one of the most talented backs in football, but he doesn't have the stats to back it up in his first three NFL seasons.

Breece has yet to hit 1,000 yards or have more than five rushing touchdowns in a season, which, for any great back, are two statistics that are usually far higher.

But after a season where he, along with most of the offense under Aaron Rodgers, failed miserably, Hall is ready to put that behind him as he copped a fair share of the blame for the offense's inconsistent form.

“It's always frustrating when you're not as a team and then individually when you're not winning games and playing as well as you expect,” Hall said. “Then after that, there’s always somebody to blame or somebody that blame gets puts on, and a lot of it just so happened to be on me.

"So it was like okay, just get back to the drawing board, get back to working hard. I know what I can do, the potential I have, but potential only goes so far. I want to be a [finished] product, to be able to say that I've done everything I wanted to do.”

Set to be part of a three-back system under Engstrand with Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis, Breece won't be the No. 1 bellcow he has been for his first three seasons.

That isn't ideal when you're fighting for a new contract, and to show the new regime you deserve to be the top dog.

But Hall is putting his head down and getting to work as he looks to put a poor 2024 season (876 yards, five touchdowns) behind him, and hit the ground running under Engstrand.

There is no denying Breece's potential as an NFL running back, but is 2025 when that potential manifests itself into something tangible?

His Jets future might depend on it.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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