If you’re Ben Johnson and the Chicago Bears, there’s one huge offensive issue glaring you in the face: the lack of a run game.
Through three games, the Bears’ rushing attack has been negative in Expected Points Added per rush (-0.11) with a success rate just over 40%. The team’s overall rushing yardage is in a respectable range (340 yards on 82 attempts and 4.1 yards per carry), but those paying close attention to Chicago’s offense know the efficiency flags are real. Johnson can scheme with the best of them, but having a more powerful and dynamic back than D’Andre Swift would certainly help.
Meanwhile, in New York, the 0–3 Jets have had a disappointing start to the season. If the losses continue to pile up, they may start trading players for more draft ammo.
That’s why the Bears and general manager Ryan Pace should inquire about a trade for running back Breece Hall.
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Hall is in the final year of his rookie deal (2022 second-round pick), and he has a modest $4.34 million cap hit in 2025. He’s scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency in 2026.
Unless GM Darren Mougey (hired in January) commits real dollars soon to him soon by extending him, the franchise risks watching a premium runner walk for a compensatory pick. Why not try to get more for him now?
The 5-foot-11, 217-pound Hall is a punishing runner with ridiculous speed. He’s posted legit track-speed GPS readings—Next Gen Stats clocked him at 21.5 mph on a 72-yarder in 2023 — and that was despite an ACL detour in 2022.
In 43 games with 37 starts since entering the league in 2022, he has 550 carries for 2,490 yards (4.5 yards per carry), scoring 14 rushing touchdowns. He’s also been productive in the passing game, catching 160 passes for 1,370 yards and eight TDs. So far in the 2025 season, through three games, Hall has 38 carries for 157 rushing yards (4.1 per carry) along with eight catches for 78 yards.
What Could a Breece Hall Trade Cost the Chicago Bears?
GettyJets RB Breece Hall is one player the Chicago Bears should try to trade for.
Considering how manageable Hall’s 2025 cap number is, money wouldn’t be a hold-up at all — at least not this year. The bigger check wouldn’t come until 2026, when the Bears would have to decide—after months of seeing how well Hall works with Johnson and quarterback Caleb Williams—whether the RB should be a long-term centerpiece or just a high-impact rental worth a comp-pick offset.
Why might the Jets pick up the phone? Start with that winless record and a new GM who didn’t draft Hall. Add the recent mega-extensions to core, non-RB pillars (see: Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson) and it stands to reason New York might rather take a day-two pick for Hall than hand him a more lucrative deal.
Johnson’s DNA as an offensive mind relies heavily on personnel multiplicity and play-action; he likes to stress defenses out with 12-personnel looks and motion that makes run/pass tells disappear. A true home-run back like Hall would help sell every one of those illusions. Could the Bears sway New York with, say, a conditional fifth-round pick that would escalate to a fourth-rounder if he hits certain milestones (1,200 all-purpose yards? 10 total TDs?).
If you’re the Bears, you have little to lose and a lot to gain by picking up the phone and checking to see if Hall might be available.
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