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New York Jets running back Breece Hall reacting in the middle of an NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The New York Jets have made a final decision on running back Breece Hall ahead of the Tuesday, March 3 deadline.
NFL Insider Connor Hughes of SNY revealed on social media that the Jets are placing the franchise tag on Hall.
That tag is worth $14.29 million, per Over The Cap. That now makes Hall the fourth-highest-paid running back in the NFL by annual salary, per OTC.
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Hughes revealed that the Jets’ original plan and their “preferred route” was utilizing the transition tag.
The transition tag is worth $11.3 million, $3 million fewer than the franchise tag. However, the Jets discovered at the 2026 NFL Combine, according to Hughes, “There were a number of teams who let it be know they planned to make a run at the RB with deals beyond $11.3m. The Jets then pivoted off of transition, to franchise: The only way to make sure Hall wasn’t going anywhere.”
Connor Hughes
Sources to @snytv: The #Jets will place the franchise tag ($14.293m) on RB Breece Hall.
The two sides were working towards an extension, but couldn’t quite get there. The Jets expect him to play on the tag.
Transition tag was originally New York’s preferred route, as
The Jets Clearly Made the Right Choice
If the Jets had used the transition tag, it would have saved them a few bucks, but it would have come with a lot of risk.
Hall would have been allowed to explore the marketplace. If he had signed an offer sheet with another team, the Jets would have had five days to match. If they matched the offer, Hall would’ve remained a member of the Jets on that same exact deal.
However, if the other team got creative and either blew an offer out of the water or created difficult clauses in the contract, that could have made things difficult for the Jets to keep him.
If the Jets didn’t match that offer sheet, Hall would have gone to his new team and the Jets wouldn’t have received any type of compensation for losing him.
This is a developing story and we’ll provide new details as they become available.