Former Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage is getting a second chance with the New York Jets.
Waves made their way through the Jets facility on Tuesday morning when the team announced the firing of general manager Joe Douglas. In his place, they would name former Browns scout turned general manager Phil Savage in his place as the interim position.
This marks the second major move made by the Jets this season after firing head coach Robert Saleh earlier in the season.
Phil Savage will have a short period to audition for the full-time role and he’s more than likely serving as a placeholder, team Chairman Woody announced that the search for a new general manager will begin immediately.
Phil Savage has made his way around the football world in his career, acting as Browns’ general manager between 2005 and 2008, working in the front offices of the Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles, running the short-lived Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football league, color commentating for the Alabama Crimson Tide, working as an insider for ESPN, and directing the Senior Bowl for seven years in Mobile, Alabama, where he grew up.
Most recently, Savage made his way back into the NFL joining the New York Jets as a Senior Advisor in 2019 as a part of Joe Douglas’ new front office. Now with Douglas gone, he’ll be tasked with finding a replacement for the man who hired him.
