By Zack Rosenblatt, Amos Morale III and Jeff Howe
The New York Jets have fired normal supervisor Joe Douglas, the staff introduced Tuesday. Senior soccer adviser Phil Savage would be the interim GM for the remainder of the Jets’ season.
“I need to thank Joe for his dedication to the Jets over the past six years and need him and his household the perfect transferring ahead,” proprietor Woody Johnson mentioned in an announcement Tuesday.
The transfer comes two days after the Jets fell to 3-8 following a one-point loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday and 6 weeks after the staff parted methods with coach Robert Saleh.
Douglas was in his sixth season because the Jets’ normal supervisor and the staff had a 30-64 report throughout his tenure. New York employed Douglas — previously a scout with the Baltimore Ravens and govt with the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles — in 2019 after firing Mike Maccagnan.
Douglas, who was within the final yr of his deal, didn’t oversee a profitable season in New York regardless of a stacked 2022 draft class and a commerce for four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers in 2023.
Why Jets moved on now
With the best way the Jets season has gone, Douglas was by no means returning in 2025 — so it mustn’t come as a significant shock that the Jets determined to maneuver on from him after six years. Douglas by no means got here near guiding the Jets to the playoffs in six seasons and truly completed with a decrease profitable share than each of his predecessors — Mike Maccagnan and John Idzik. Douglas’ tenure will in the end be outlined by a collection of house runs — and debilitating strikeouts.
Douglas inherited a barren roster talent-wise and constructed it right into a, theoretically at the very least, playoff-caliber staff with expertise all throughout the protection and a few blue-chip gamers on offense. His 2022 NFL Draft class is unimpeachable — cornerback Sauce Gardner, vast receiver Garrett Wilson, defensive finish Jermaine Johnson and working again Breece Corridor. He made some shrewd free-agent signings like cornerback D.J. Reed and claimed others on waivers that changed into key contributors like John Franklin-Myers and Quincy Williams.
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However his misses have been large. It took him six years to construct the Jets offensive line into an excellent league-average unit, his 2020 and 2021 draft courses have been each disasters — none greater than quarterback Zach Wilson. He was given the chance to maintain going even after it was clear that Wilson had failed as a result of the Jets had constructed a high quality protection and believed themselves to be a quarterback away from competition.
Rodgers was purported to be that quarterback, and to this point that has backfired spectacularly.
Finally, Douglas’ destiny was sealed when Johnson took management of the decision-making and unilaterally determined to fireside Saleh after 5 video games with out consulting his normal supervisor — after which Johnson additionally pushed by way of a commerce for vast receiver Davante Adams.
Douglas will land on his ft someplace else, maybe again with Howie Roseman and the Eagles, and the Jets will begin their GM search. — Zack Rosenblatt, Jets beat author
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