Joe Douglas saw his tenure as the Jets’ general manager come to an end midway through the campaign. The veteran executive will be back in a familiar place for 2025, though. 
Douglas is returning to the Eagles, Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. He will do so in a senior scouting role, per the report. Prior to taking on GM duties in New York, Douglas worked in the Eagles’ front office from 2016-19.
That stretch included time as Philadelphia’s VP of player personnel and thus as a key assistant to general manager Howie Roseman. After working together to build the franchise’s first Super Bowl-winning team from 2017, the pair will be reunited for 2025. This move comes in the wake of multiple notable departures in the Eagles’ front office.
Anthony Patch ended his lengthy stint as Philadelphia’s senior director of college scouting earlier this month when he joined the Raiders’ front office. The Eagles’ scouting department experienced another loss shortly thereafter when senior director of scouting Brandon Hunt also elected to head to Vegas. Douglas will aim to help replace those two upon reuniting with Roseman as the Eagles look to defend their second Super Bowl title.
The Jets won seven games on three occasions during Douglas’ tenure at the helm, but they posted an overall record of 32-68 and missed the playoffs ever year of his time in New York. Misses at the quarterback position played a key role in the team’s struggles over that stretch, which saw head coach Robert Saleh dismissed shortly before Douglas was. A new regime is now in place for the Jets, but to little surprise Douglas will continue his career in a familiar setting.
I’m getting a bad feeling there will be another article about Tom Brady being so wonderful that the Eagles front office staffers just couldn’t resist running off to Vegas…lol.
I got a hot take about Douglas that almost nobody will agree with me on:
I don’t think he is as bad a GM as his reputation might suggest.
Missing on Zach Wilson can be excused – he took a shot on the most important position. Id be more critical if he didn’t.
The fatal decision was putting all his eggs in the Aaron Rodgers basket. By then, he was probably feeling a hot seat, so he turned to desperation. That decision cost him.
But Rodgers wasn’t even the first choice. Remember how hard they went for Carr?
I think its a different story if Carr signs. As a Bills fan – that Jets roster was pretty solid. He just needed a QB to complete it. They were always a tough out.
Robert Saleh didn’t have the chops to manage a narcissist like Rodgers – sure. But I don’t think Saleh was the problem.
I hate the Jets. I always will – but we are remembering that Jets team as much worse than they were. I still think they were closer than the record indicates. This was not the Adam Gase Jets.
Yeah I completely agree, and had Rodgers not gone down his first year they probably make the playoffs and have a completely different 2024.
I knew Wilson likely wasn’t the guy but I couldn’t fault Jets fans for buying into the hype. I definitely think Joe D put together a much better rebuilding roster than he gets credit for.
I don’t care.
Awesome. Nobody gives a f that you don’t care.
I agree, he made a lot of solid personnel decisions, and his 2022 draft was an all-timer for the franchise. He brought in consistent talent and definitely created a foundation. He was often overly tantalized by potential, ignoring the lack of production when both drafting and signing FAs, though.
By the way, Rodgers was always our #1 QB target that offseason. The FO met with Carr first but never made a formal contract offer because they were holding out for Rodgers’ decision.
Hmmm…
I don’t have to be right about this, but I remember that differently.
I seem to remember the “first ballot HOF” long before the trade finally happened?
Even then, I’d say he largely did a good job outside of falling into quarterback quicksand. Aside from the quarterback stuff and all that went with it (like the not so merry band of Rodgers buddies), I’d say the biggest complaint I have is taking Becton over Wirfs, which seemed silly in the moment too.