Mike McCarthy could make splash for Steelers if Jets make young star available in trade

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Getting a feel for running backs around the NFL continues to be one of the toughest things in the league.

Some teams absolutely love running backs, while others don't believe there's much of a reason to pay them.

Ultimately, this impacts Breece Hall and the New York Jets a lot more than it might currently seem. Hall is expected to be on the roster for the start of the 2026-27 season, though it's certainly possible that he could eventually be traded. Among the teams that could make sense for Hall, the Pittsburgh Steelers were recently viewed as an option.

“They don’t need a running back like Breece Hall, but there are plenty of other teams who do. Luckily for the Jets, there aren’t really good running backs available on the free agent market, and this draft class really only has two good running backs (Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price).

"That means that after those two guys get picked, the price for tradable running backs is going to go up (it’s a supply and demand thing). The Jaguars have a couple of third, fifth, and seventh-round picks they could move on from. The Ravens have four fifth-round picks, and Derrick Henry’s not getting any younger. The Steelers have those three thirds and two fourths they could move,” Jack Beckman of FanSided wrote.