Breece Hall embraces Jets future after surviving another trade deadline

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After surviving trade deadline rumors, running back Breece Hall is focused on forming a 1-2 punch with Braelon Allen for the Jets.

Hall, who inked a three-year, $45.75 million deal with the Jets in May to avoid playing on the franchise tag, knows that at some point, the questions about his Jets future will stop.

But after another deadline when his name appeared in trade chatter, Hall remained with the Jets after a stretch when both Gang Green — outside a deal that sent safety Andre Cisco to the Lions — and the running back market around the league remained quiet.

“I know at the end of the day, if I was to get traded, it would be to a team that wanted me, and I’m here — and so obviously the team wants me,” Hall said Thursday of the deadline passing and being able to focus on the rest of the season.

Hall has been limited to just four games this season entering Sunday’s game with the AFC East-leading Bills, missing five contests after sustaining a quad injury.

He has collected just 224 yards and a rushing touchdown one year after the first 1,000-yard campaign of his career.

But even with Braelon Allen flashing an ability to handle the bulk of the carries as the lead back during Hall’s absence, Hall returned — as he expected — to his spot atop the depth chart in Kansas City, collecting 61 yards on 15 carries during their Week 9 loss to the Chiefs.

And with the deadline gone, Hall and Allen — under contract through the end of the 2028 and 2027 seasons, respectively — will have a chance to operate as the 1-2 punch the Jets envisioned with their rushing attack and help anchor an offense that has struggled to finish drives.

“Just everybody locking in and executing the call,” Hall said. “That’s really what it is. We’re not out there controlling the play-calls, so whatever play that [offensive coordinator Frank Reich] feels like is gonna put us in the best position, we gotta execute it.”

Special teams coordinator Chris Banjo said having fullback Andrew Beck handle kickoffs against the Chiefs was a “benefit” the Jets have been working on for a while and that he feels comfortable with him in that spot, but he…

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