{"id":119600,"date":"2025-11-14T00:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=119600"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:47:09","slug":"%f0%9f%8f%88-blockbuster-rumor-chiefs-strongly-linked-to-a-projected-48-million-playmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=119600","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfc8 BLOCKBUSTER RUMOR: Chiefs strongly linked to a projected $48 million playmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2191080372-e1750510776167.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2191080372-e1750510776167.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2191080372-e1750510776167.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2191080372-e1750510776167.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Breece Hall\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"820\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1312\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0will not be adding any more help for quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0this year, but next spring the offense could begin to look considerably different around the two-time MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City was in discussions with the\u00a0New York Jets\u00a0about a trade for running back\u00a0Breece Hall, which fell through due to squabble over compensation \u2014 New York wanted a third-round pick, while the Chiefs weren\u2019t willing to go higher than a fourth-rounder. In retrospect, both teams are probably losers in the lack of an outcome, as the Jets will now watch him leave for nothing, while the Chiefs won\u2019t be able to utilize his skill set to help them make a stretch run.<\/p>\n<p>Longterm, however, Kansas City can still come out on top. All things considered, 30-year-old\u00a0Kareem Hunt\u00a0hasn\u2019t played poorly for the Chiefs, but he\u2019s a backup at this point in his career and in the final season of his contract. Meanwhile, former seventh-round pick\u00a0Isiah Pacheco is headed for free agency himself in March.<\/p>\n<p>The team could bring back Hunt on another cheap deal, they\u2019re currently paying him\u00a0$1.5 million\u00a0for 2025, but the time has come for the Chiefs to pair a serious running back with Mahomes. Hall fits the bill, and ESPN ranked him the No. 6 overall player in the 2026 free agent class, not to mention the top running back.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><em>\u201cHall was coveted at the trade deadline. That the Jets wanted a third-round pick in return for a running back reminds that Hall has top-end talent,\u201d\u00a0Jeremy Fowler wrote Wednesday. \u201cAnd my sense is he will do just fine in free agency \u2014 think\u00a0Josh Jacobs\u2018\u00a0four-year,\u00a0$48 million deal signed in March 2024 as a possibility. A few personnel evaluators thought that was a fair contract comp.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Breece Hall Makes Sense for Chiefs, as NFL Begins to Value RB Position More Than in Recent Years<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5548570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5548570 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234186976_620da9-e1760450379251.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 07: Breece Hall #20 of the New York Jets runs with the ball during the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at MetLife Stadium on September 07, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Evan Bernstein\/Getty Images)\" width=\"782\" height=\"442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5548570\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234186976_620da9-e1760450379251.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5548570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Running back Breece Hall of the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hall, 24, was a second-round pick in 2022. Spotrac currently projects his market value at\u00a0$42 million total\u00a0over a new four-year contract, but the value of the position has gone up some in recent years considering the impact players like\u00a0Saquon Barkley\u00a0and\u00a0Derrick Henry have made on Super Bowl-winning and\/or Super Bowl-contending teams.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City is obviously both of those things, and the absence of a longterm solution at the position puts the franchise in a prime spot to pursue Hall. That is why several analysts suggested the Chiefs deal for Hall ahead of the deadline, and why Kansas City almost did.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHall is a pending free agent and the Jets probably have bigger fish to fry this offseason, while the Chiefs are not getting as much as they\u2019d probably like out of their offensive backfield,\u201d\u00a0Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report wrote October 29. \u201cHall yields the Jets a late-round pick and becomes a cog in a backfield that also contains Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt, who takes a sizable back seat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Breece Hall on Track for Career Year Heading Into Free Agency<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5585736\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5585736 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1862657081-e1762286627232.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Breece Hall Trade Rumors Jets Bears Trade Deadline\" width=\"782\" height=\"441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5585736\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1862657081-e1762286627232.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5585736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>New York Jets running back Breece Hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Hall was a breakout player during his rookie year before an ACL tear derailed it less than halfway through the campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">However, he has been healthy and reliable since and is on track to put up his first 1,000-yard season after coming close in each of the past two years.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Hall has tallied 644 rushing yards and two touchdowns this season (4.8 yards per carry) to go along with 22 receptions for 220 yards and a score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0will not be adding any more help for quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0this year, but next spring the offense could begin to look considerably different around the two-time&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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