The New York Jets have spent pretty much all of 2024 in varying states of disarray and that did not change this week as the franchise fired general manager Joe Douglas. It was not exactly a shocking decision given Robert Saleh's dismissal earlier this season but the timing was a bit unexpected. The Jets can't interview any candidates currently working with an NFL team to replace him until after the season; firing Douglas this week only ensured New York would spend the week at the center of the news cycle and nothing more.
The former GM himself apparently didn't see it coming either, according to this story from Jay Glazer. The FOX NFL insider shared on Sunday that Douglas cracked a joke about getting fired— directly before he got fired.
