Remember Mike Lombardi? He’s the guy who said that Doug Pederson “might be less qualified to coach a team than anyone I’ve ever seen.”

He was, of course, wrong, as Doug P led the Eagles to their first Super Bowl in franchise history. Lombardi was ragged incessantly and dubbed a “clown” by Jason Kelce on the Art Museum steps.

Lombardi, a former NFL GM, now writes for The Athletic, and he thinks Joe Douglas is the leader in the clubhouse for the Jets gig, a gig Ian Rapoport says he’ll interview for next week.

Speaking on his GM Shuffle podcast alongside Adnan Virk, Lombardi said this about Joe D, after the jump:


Everybody tells me it’s Joe Douglas. I mean, look, Joe Douglas, he’s going to have options. Joe Douglas wants to leave Philly. I don’t think Joe Douglas is really that comfortable in Philadelphia in this current setup. The Eagles are going really extensively, they hired (former Browns exec) Andrew Berry. They’re going to go really with the analytics. Now, I think they’re going to do both; I think they’re going to do, to  have an analytics department and have an old school personnel department and see if they can bridge the two gaps. I don’t think Joe Douglas is sitting there, singing kumbaya every single day going in the office. Everybody tells me (the Jets GM gig) is his job. I can’t believe it’s somebody else.

For what it’s worth, Lombardi seems plugged in on the Jets situation, saying this back in April:

He got ripped for that tweet but he ended up being right.

Listen to the podcast here (Jets/Douglas stuff starts around 15 minutes in) –

The GM Shuffle with Michael Lombardi and Adnan Virk