Jets General Manager Darren Mougey said at a Tuesday press conference that he believes the team can be competitive in 2026 and one way they could help that cause is by holding onto one of the best players from this year’s team.
Running back Breece Hall set career highs with 243 carries and 1,065 yards before sitting out Week 18 and he can become a free agent in March. Mougey was asked on Tuesday whether the team will push to bring Hall back.
“Breece is a good player,” Mougey said, via a transcript from the team. “I want as many good players back as we can. Like I mentioned, I met with probably 50 players yesterday, I met with Breece yesterday, had a lot of good conversations. So, we’ll go through this process and we’ll see how free agency unfolds, but we want to add good players.”
If they can’t come to terms on a long-term extension with Hall, the Jets could use a franchise tag to secure his rights.
“I won’t get into hypotheticals and contracts, or anything like that, but we’ll exhaust all the different options and see where that ends up,” Mougey said.
Hall was a second-round pick in 2022. He has 755 carries for 3,398 yards and 18 touchdowns along with 188 catches for 1,642 yards and nine touchdowns for his career.
The Jets finished out the 2025 season by losing five straight games by a combined score of 188-54, which made it hard to see many signs that the team is moving in the right direction under head coach Aaron Glenn and General Manager Darren Mougey.
Glenn and Mougey remain on the job, however, and their Tuesday press conference was not filled with discourse about how far the team is from turning the corner. Mougey declared that he is more confident than ever in “what we have going” and said that he believes that work can begin to bear some tangible fruit next season.
“I believe we can be competitive and respectable right away. Next year,” Mougey said, via SNY.
Mougey pointed to the draft assets the team accumulated by trading Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams as well as their cap space as reasons to think that the future will be brighter than the present. There are a lot of places on the roster for the team to address with their picks and cap space, but quarterback will be at the top of the list.
Glenn noted at the press conference that Justin Fields and Brady Cook remain under contract, but neither one will inspire the kind of outside confidence that Mougey has in the team’s future and the GM said the team will “exhaust every option” to find a better solution at the position. If they can’t do that, patience in the duo’s work will likely be harder to come by at this time next year.
There was plenty for Bills fans to celebrate during the final regular season at Highmark Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Buffalo scored touchdowns on five of their eight possessions and their defense didn’t give up much of anything to the Jets during a 35-8 win. The victory makes the Bills the sixth seed in the AFC playoffs and they are set to be in Jacksonville for a wild card game next weekend.
The Bills rested most of their starters and quarterback Josh Allen played just one snap to keep his consecutive starts streak alive before giving way to Mitchell Trubisky. Trubisky would go 22-of-29 for 259 yards and four touchdowns over the rest of the afternoon. The Bills also got 151 yards on 21 carries from Ray Davis and the Jets defense will need some major renovations before the team returns to the field next season.
Sunday’s game was their 17th straight without an interception, which makes them the first team in league history to go without an interception for an entire season. The issues go far beyond that and they’ll also need a better answer at quarterback because they got very little from Justin Fields, Tyrod Taylor and Brady Cook this season.
The Jets had a -134 point differential over their final five games of the season, which has led some to wonder if they may also be in the market for a better answer at head coach. Indications are that Aaron Glenn will be back, but there’s been little tangible reason to buy into his repeated message that there’s a plan for success in place with the franchise.
Their plan to address any of those needs will be helped by the No. 2 overall draft pick. Sunday’s loss along with the Giants’ win over the Raiders means that the Jets will be the second team on the clock in April. They’ll also have the Colts’ first-round pick and they’ll need all the talent they can find.
Buffalo’s plans won’t include any rebuilding. Their focus will be on trying to finally break through in the AFC and make it to the Super Bowl for the first time in more than 30 years. That will likely call for them to win three road games in a row, so they’ll have to hope that this week’s rest did everyone’s bodies some good.
The Bills are cruising to their 12th win of the season against the Jets on Sunday afternoon, but they may have to find someone else to do their kicking in their playoff opener next week.
Matt Prater has been ruled out with a right quad injury in the second half in Buffalo. Prater missed a couple of games with the injury before returning to action on Sunday.
With Prater out, the Bills went for two after a Gabe Davis touchdown catch in the third quarter. They were successful and now lead the Jets 29-0.
Michael Badgley replaced Prater during his previous absence. He was released earlier this week and has not signed with another club.
The Bills are on their way to sending Highmark Stadium out on a winning note.
Mitchell Trubisky threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half against a Jets team that looks as lost as it would against the Buffalo starters. The result is a 21-0 Bills lead after 30 minutes of play.
Trubisky did not start the game, but replaced Josh Allen after one snap. The Bills quarterback has now started 140 consecutive regular season and playoff games for the Bills.
Trubisky is 15-of-19 for 169 yards and the Bills have also picked up 81 rushing yards through two quarters. The Jets offense has managed 63 yards as they limp their way toward a fifth straight loss.
