Jets Rightfully 'Stubborn' In Blockbuster Trade Talks

There are just 15 days to go until the trade chatter can stop until the offseason. For the Jets, it's going to be a busy few weeks, but not in a good way. It was known heading into the season that a rebuild under Aaron Glenn was going to take time, but no one could've predicted the 0-7 start.

Hall is going to be a free agent after the season whereas Johnson had his fifth-year option picked up for next year. There's an argument that dealing Hall could work because the Jets have Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis. But, Allen is hurt and Davis has 10 rushing attempts total on the season so far. Hall is the clear-cut, No. 1 back and despite the brutal start arguably should be kept around.

Glenn is coming from a team in the Detroit Lions that went through a similar rebuild that was brutal at the beginning and has blossomed since. The running back position was a key piece to that turnaround. The Lions had D'Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams at one point, who formed a solid duo themselves. They transitioned to a duo with Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery and have shined since. Back in 2021, the Lions were a 3-13-1 football team. Last year, they were 15-2 with Gibbs and Montgomery. Hall is a player similar to Gibbs and Allen hypothetically is a guy like Montgomery, although not to the same level.

That's obviously just one way to build an offense, but having a star running back in Hall and a clear No. 1 receiver in Garrett Wilson can jumpstart the rebuild. If you trade away Hall for a draft pick, then you have to roll the dice to try to find another player like him, which obviously isn't easy to do. It's easy to look at the 0-7 record and say to trade people, but Hall and Johnson are both young that they could help a rebuild, unless someone offers a package the front office can't refuse.