With less than a week left before next Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, the Giants are still chasing a big-name running back - and Jonathan Taylor is the headliner.
Taylor remains with the Colts for now, but it looks increasingly unlikely he finishes the season in Indianapolis. The Giants are in the mix, and NFL Network reported they have been “among the more aggressive teams” pushing to land him.
If that chase comes up short, the Giants could turn to another backfield option. John Harbaugh would still like a clear No. 1 runner, the kind of piece he had in Baltimore with Derrick Henry, and there is at least a chance the Ravens could move Henry to New York. That said, it is not viewed as a likely outcome.
A more realistic fallback, according to ESPN, is Jets running back Breece Hall. New York has said it does not plan to trade him, but that stance could change if the right offer shows up. ESPN reported teams will still call on Hall as the main alternative if Taylor is unavailable.
Hall is not in Taylor’s or Henry’s class, and there are injury questions attached to him as well. He has missed five straight games because of a quadriceps strain suffered in Week 3, though he is expected back this week in Kansas City, which will be the Jets’ last game before the deadline.
A Giants-Jets deal for Hall would bring back memories of 2019, when the Giants acquired Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams. That move made plenty of noise at the time, even if it did not lead to immediate team success. Williams later helped the Giants reach the playoffs in 2022 and win a wild-card game in Minnesota before eventually being traded to Seattle, where he won his first Super Bowl last season.
The Giants enter this stretch sitting atop the NFC East in Harbaugh’s first season, but he made clear any trade would be about more than just 2026. He wants a player under contract beyond this year, and both Hall and Taylor fit that bill. Hall’s deal runs through 2028, and Taylor’s does too.
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