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It is trade deadline day in the NFL. The Jets and the other 31 teams have until 4:00 pm Eastern today to strike deals. There are plenty of rumors about players from the 1-7 Jets leaving town.
I’m going to group these players based on how aggressively I think the Jets should be looking to move them.
Quincy Williams: Quincy Williams is the one player I think the Jets should be actively looking to move before the deadline. He is in the final year of his contract and unlikely to return next season. The team should trade him and receive some sort of compensation rather than let him leave for nothing.
Could the Jets work out a new deal? I suppose, but there are a lot of things working against it. Quincy is turning 30 next year. On the field this year, he has battled injuries, and the quality of his play has regressed.
Would I be shocked to see Quincy find his top form against if he got healthy on a contender? No, but at this point I don’t see him as part of the Jets future.
Breece Hall: I think so much time is spent discussing what Breece Hall isn’t that it’s easy to lose track of what he is. Will Breece ever a the top five back who can carry an offense on his shoulders the way it seemed early in his rookie season? Probably not, but he’s a quality player. I’m not sure the Jets have ever used him properly. Instead of being a do it all back, I view him as a high end rotational player best used on outside runs and manufactured touches in space. That has plenty of value.
I don’t think the Jets are in much of a position to send good skill players out the door, especially since it’s likely they will ignore my advice and take a quarterback high in next year’s NFL Draft.
There are some unknowns with Hall, however. What are his contract demands? Are they reasonable? Does he even want to stay after experiencing four years of losing? If the answer to any of these questions is no, the Jets should deal him to get something in return.
Additionally if some contender out there viewed Hall as the final piece of a championship puzzle and offered the Jets a Christian McCaffrey type return, the Jets should take it.
If all things are equal, though, my inclination would be to try and work out a long-term deal with Breece.
Will McDonald: Normally my inclination with a struggling young player who has shown flashes would be to work things out rather than sell. I’m pretty alarmed with McDonald’s 2025 play, though. Anybody who watched McDonald through 2024 knows that his 10.5 sack stat line didn’t really hold up to scrutiny. There were a number of right place, right time moments. Still, McDonald had a robust pressure rate, which suggested he could...
