The New York Jets have decided to fundamentally restructure their organization during the current season. After head coach Robert Saleh was fired in October, general manager Joe Douglas also followed suit, the team announced.
Club owner Woody Johnson said Douglas would no longer serve as general manager after six years. Phil Savage will take on the role on an interim basis while the search for a permanent successor has already begun. Douglas’ contract was expiring at the end of the season anyway, but given their disappointing 3-8 record, the Jets saw no reason to wait until then.
Douglas came to New York from the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019, but was unable to establish lasting success. During his tenure, the Jets posted a disappointing 30-64 record and remained far from playoff contention. Although Douglas created a guard of promising talent with players like Quinnen Williams, Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson and had particular success with the 2022 draft class, the central challenge – solving the quarterback question – remained unsolved. The 2021 draft of Zach Wilson proved to be a failure, and the signing of Aaron Rodgers has also failed spectacularly so far.
Despite the talent that Douglas brought to the team in recent years, there was no sporting success. Woody Johnson recently called the Jets the most talented team of his tenure, but even that assessment couldn’t save Douglas from his firing. Ultimately, it was the continued inability to successfully design the offense and especially the quarterback position that cost him his position.
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