Eagles

Joe Douglas to the New York Jets Feels Inevitable

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jun 3rd, 2019 · 8:30 AM EDT

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In what could be the world’s most obvious coordinated media leak, or just coincidence, Eagles’ Vice President of Player Personnel Joe Douglas has been mentioned as the front runner for the Jets’ GM gig by nearly a half-dozen typically dialed-in NFL media types.

Douglas interviewed with the Jets yesterday, as they continue a process that included meetings with the following candidates:

• Saints Director of Pro Scouting Terry Fontenot
• Seahawks Co-Director of Player Personnel Scott Fitterer

Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel Champ Kelly is set to interview today, so even if Douglas does ultimately get the gig, I wonder if the announcement won’t come until tomorrow or Wednesday.

The wording is varied, yet consistent, in various tweets and reports, with Adam Schefter referring to Douglas as “the presumptive favorite” for the job:

Eagles’ VP of player personnel Joe Douglas, the presumptive favorite to become the Jets’ next General Manager, is scheduled to have dinner with the team tonight in Watchung, N.J., per sources. The meeting between Douglas and the Jets then is scheduled to continue Sunday.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 1, 2019

Friday, Mike Lombardi, who has a good source somewhere in the Jets organization, claimed that “everybody tells me it’s Joe Douglas” for the vacant opening.

After the jump, Manish Mehta calls Douglas “Adam Gase’s choice” to take over:

Jets announce they’ve finished interviewing Eagles exec Joe Douglas.

He is Adam Gase’s choice to be next Jets GM. Unless Douglas disappointed in interview, he’s in line to take over.

Fair contract: 5-year deal for $2-2.5M/yr

Bears exec Champ Kelly scheduled to interview next

— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) June 2, 2019

Hmm… how else can we say it?

Here’s another version, using the phrase “as is widely expected” –

If Jets hire Joe Douglas as next GM, as is widely expected throughout the scouting community, NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah will not be a part of that front office. I'm told. But it is possible another former Ravens exec who later went into media, Phil Savage, could join Douglas

— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) May 31, 2019

Of course all of the these reports could be total bullshit, but these guys are typically dialed in, even Lombardi, who will forever get zero respect in Philadelphia for his Doug Pederson comments. But fact of the matter is that he was ahead on the Jets’ front office debacle before most people knew what was going on.

Anyway, as of Monday morning, everybody tells me that Joe Douglas is the presumptive favorite and Adam Gase’s choice to become the next General Manager of the New York Jets, as is widely expected throughout the scouting community.