Joe Douglas' reaction to being fired as New York Jets general manager amid tumultuous season revealed

After Joe Douglas was fired arsenic the New York Jets wide manager connected Tuesday, helium was spotted sportfishing connected the shores of New Jersey hours later. 

The feeling astir Douglas was 'relief' aft a horrible 2024 for the Jets and an wide tenure with the squad highlighted by dysfunction and zero playoff appearances. 

'It’s the happiest he’s sounded successful a agelong time,' a idiosyncratic adjacent to Douglas told The Athletic.

Douglas had been the team's wide manager since 2019 and was 1 of the architects successful bringing Aaron Rodgers  to the Big Apple. 

Rodgers' enactment arsenic the team's backmost has been a disaster, handing retired demotions and pinkish slips to those astir the soon-to-be-41-year-old but the aging four-time NFL MVP. 

Douglas' firing was done during the Jets' bye week to amusement respect to him portion proprietor Woody Johnson starting reasoning astir his successor. 

Douglas reportedly saw the penning connected the partition earlier officially being fired, arsenic the Jets are 3-8 this play and person astir nary accidental of making the playoffs.

Robert Saleh was fired arsenic the team's caput manager past period and has since go an advisor to Packers caput manager Matt LaFleur. 

Saleh was seemingly 'very upset and emotional' erstwhile helium heard Douglas would not beryllium capable to decorativeness the play with the Jets.  

New York has the longest-standing playoff drought successful nonrecreational sports astatine 14 seasons, with Johnson already trying to marque moves to extremity that streak adjacent year. 

It's a pugnacious inquire for a caller wide manager and caput manager to gel that quickly. Similar upheavals successful Washington and Houston successful the past years person proven it tin happen. 

The large quality with the Jets to the Texans and Commanders is the second 2 person young, businesslike quarterbacks. 

Rodgers whitethorn beryllium the adjacent to spot the lights spell retired connected Broadway. The Empire State is nary uncertainty laying debased with the Jets and Giants astatine the moment.