By means of Zack Rosenblatt, Amos Morale III and Jeff Howe
The Unused York Jets have fired common supervisor Joe Douglas, the group introduced Tuesday. Senior soccer abettor Phil Savage would be the intervening time GM for the remainder of the Jets’ season.
“I want to thank Joe for his commitment to the Jets over the last six years and wish him and his family the best moving forward,” proprietor Woody Johnson said in a statement Tuesday.
The progress comes two days later the Jets fell to 3-8 following a one-point loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday and 6 weeks later the group parted techniques with lecturer Robert Saleh.
Douglas was once in his 6th season because the Jets’ common supervisor and the group had a 30-64 document all through his tenure. Unused York leased Douglas — previously a scout with the Baltimore Ravens and government with the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles — in 2019 later firing Mike Maccagnan.
Douglas, who was once within the extreme yr of his do business in, didn’t keep tabs on a profitable season in Unused York in spite of a stacked 2022 draft magnificence and a industry for four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers in 2023.
Why Jets walked away now
With the best way the Jets season has long gone, Douglas was once by no means returning in 2025 — so it will have to no longer come as a significant miracle that the Jets determined to progress on from him later six years. Douglas by no means got here near to guiding the Jets to the playoffs in six seasons and in fact completed with a decrease profitable proportion than either one of his predecessors — Mike Maccagnan and John Idzik. Douglas’ tenure will in the end be outlined by means of a form of house runs — and debilitating strikeouts.
Douglas inherited a barren roster talent-wise and constructed it right into a, theoretically a minimum of, playoff-caliber group with skill all around the protection and a few blue-chip gamers on offense. His 2022 NFL Draft magnificence is unimpeachable — cornerback Sauce Gardner, vast receiver Garrett Wilson, defensive finish Jermaine Johnson and working again Breece Corridor. He made some smart free-agent signings like cornerback D.J. Reed and claimed others on waivers that become key members like John Franklin-Myers and Quincy Williams.
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However his misses have been large. It took him six years to assemble the Jets offensive form into a fair league-average unit, his 2020 and 2021 draft categories have been each screw ups — none larger than quarterback Zach Wilson. He was once given the chance to store going even later it was once sunlit that Wilson had failed for the reason that Jets had constructed a property protection and believed themselves to be a quarterback clear of competition.
Rodgers was once meant to be that quarterback, and thus far that has backfired spectacularly.
In the long run, Douglas’ destiny was once sealed when Johnson took keep an eye on of the decision-making and unilaterally determined to fireplace Saleh later 5 video games with out consulting his common supervisor — and after Johnson additionally driven via a industry for vast receiver Davante Adams.
Douglas will land on his toes elsewhere, in all probability again with Howie Roseman and the Eagles, and the Jets will get started their GM seek. — Zack Rosenblatt, Jets beat editor
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