If you are a New York Jets fans, Breece Hall is likely having the exact type of season that you would want him to have.
Hall entered the season with rumors floating around about the possibility of a trade. New York didn’t oblige before the season. That same conversation was talked about over and over ahead of the 2025 National Football League trade deadline and again, the Jets didn’t send him out of town. Jets head coach, Aaron Glenn, has talked about Hall all season as a guy that he wants in New York and clearly he wasn’t lying.
The Jets reportedly had an offer on the table from the Kansas City Chiefs for Hall, but opted against it. That decision worked out in Week 10, at least. Hall had another big game and was the engine that got the offense moving. Hall went for 83 rushing yards on 21 carries while also chipping in 42 rushing yards and a touchdown on one catch.
Overall, Hall has been great this season for the Jets. Based on his number, Hall is having a career year at the perfect time for him with contract uncertainty beyond this season. In nine games, Hall has 664 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns, 22 receptions, 220 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.
Right now, Hall’s career-high in rushing yards in a season is 994. His most rushing touchdowns in a season are five. The most receiving yards he’s had in a season in his career are 591. And, the most scrimmage yards he’s had in a season is 1,585.
Hall is on pace to top some of those metrics right now. Hall is currently on pace for roughly 1,254 rushing yards across 17 games. On top of this, he’s on pace for roughly 415 receiving yards. That would put him on pace for roughly 1,669 yards from scrimmage.
Right now, Hall is ranked No. 10 in the NFL in rushing yards on the season with his 664. Hall is also ninth in the NFL in yards from scrimmage right now.
In a season in which there are a lot of things that haven’t gone right, Hall is someone that fans can get behind. He’s currently scheduled to be a free agent after the season, but he’s playing like someone the Jets should try to keep around.
New York’s identity right now on offense is running the ball and Hall is doing so at an elite level right now.
Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow wasted no time in outlining the team’s offseason plans, telling reporters that he wants to add an impactful hitter and a premier starting pitcher this winter.
Speaking at the general managers’ meetings in Las Vegas, Breslow quickly made it clear that the Red Sox intend to be aggressive in the coming months. Boston is fresh off its first postseason appearance in four years and only its second since winning the 2018 World Series.
“There is just something about a bat in the middle of the lineup that forces another team to game plan against it that has a compounding effect on the rest of the roster,” Breslow said on Monday. “So we didn’t slug nearly as much as I think we can, or we will, and we’ll pursue opportunities to improve that.”
Breslow’s comments come less than five months after the team shockingly traded three-time All-Star slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. Devers, who initially resisted moving from third base to DH after the team signed Alex Bregman, was in the third season of a 10-year, $313.5 million extension.
Devers hit .279 with 215 home runs, 696 RBIs, 273 doubles, and an .859 OPS in nine-plus seasons with the Red Sox. Boston acquired pitchers Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks, along with minor-league pitcher Jose Bello and outfielder James Tibbs. The Red Sox later dealt Tibbs to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Dustin May trade.
Notable free agent hitters include Bregman, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, and Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber. The Red Sox are familiar with Schwarber, who spent the 2021 season’s final months in Boston following a trade with the Washington Nationals.
Breslow explained that while he believes in the Red Sox’s pitching depth, he wants to add a top-level starter behind All-Star ace Garrett Crochet. Houston Astros lefty Framber Valdez and San Diego Padres veteran Dylan Cease headline the top free-agent starters; Cease, a former teammate of Crochet’s with the Chicago White Sox, has two top-4 Cy Young finishes since 2022.
Additionally, Shota Imanaga, who posted a 3.28 ERA over 318 innings for the Chicago Cubs the last two years, recently opted out of his contract. However, Imanaga is entering his age-33 season and allowed 31 home runs in 25 starts. Alternatively, the Red Sox could try trading for Milwaukee Brewers ace Freddy Peralta or Detroit Tigers star Tarik Skubal.
“And trading away for really good young players for a starting pitcher is one way of pulling those wins forward,” said Breslow, who sent four prospects to the Chicago White Sox last offseason for Crochet. “And there are times we showed — last year being one of them — that you have to do that. But we also don’t want to be in a position where we’re having to do that year over year.”
FanDuel Sportsbook lists the Red Sox +1800 odds (bet $100 for a $1,900 payout) to win the World Series. That ranks fifth-best among American League teams and eighth leaguewide.