Joe Douglas takes ownership of Jets ‘frustration’ as job security questions linger

Joe Douglas whitethorn beryllium successful his last weeks arsenic nan Jets wide manager.

Douglas does not person a statement for 2025.

The squad is 30-62 successful his six seasons connected nan job, including 3-6 this year.

The coach he hired successful 2021, Robert Saleh, was fired aft 5 games this season.

All of it adds up to it not looking bully for Douglas’ occupation security.

Douglas said to nan media Wednesday for nan first clip since nan play began.

He was asked if he is concerned astir his future.

“I travel successful present each day, I conscionable want to do immoderate I tin to thief this squad scope its goals and get to its destination, and immoderate happens, happens,” Douglas said.

The Jets person not won much than 7 games successful a play since Douglas took nan occupation successful 2019.

He has had immoderate bully moments — nan 2022 draught and immoderate free-agent signings — and immoderate unspeakable moments — drafting Zach Wilson No. 2 overall, his 2020 and 2021 drafts, and immoderate free-agent busts.

“We haven’t had a winning season,” Douglas said. “We’re sitting present astatine 3-6. There’s a batch of frustration. Obviously, it starts pinch me. I tin look backmost and there’s rather a fewer things I could person done better. When a business happens for illustration happened 4 weeks ago, you person a batch of self-reflective moments connected nan things that you could person done amended to support that from happening. We person an opportunity pinch these past agelong of games to alteration that narrative.”

It feels for illustration proprietor Woody Johnson has taken power of nan squad from Douglas complete nan past month.

There person been respective large moves that person Johnson’s fingerprints connected them.

The first was nan decision to occurrence Saleh, which Johnson said was his alone.

Douglas and Saleh were very close, and it is improbable that Douglas would person recommended firing nan coach aft 5 games.

Douglas connected Wednesday avoided giving his sentiment connected Saleh’s firing.

“I’m not going to get into immoderate of nan specifications of immoderate of nan conversations that happened earlier aliases aft that,” Douglas said. “Again, Woody and I talk each day. At nan extremity of nan day, I deliberation Colin Powell said it successful a different arena: I service astatine nan pleasance of nan owner. My azygous extremity is to thief this squad get to nan extremity of a championship.”

The Jets don’t consciousness adjacent to a title aft nan measurement they person started nan season.

They snapped a five-game losing skid past week pinch a 21-13 triumph complete nan Texans.

They now recreation to look Arizona connected Sunday, hoping to equine an improbable playoff push.

“Obviously, not wherever anybody envisioned america being correct now astatine 3-6 coming retired of training camp,” Douglas said. “But I do deliberation aft Thursday night’s game, nan measurement we vanished that game, nan measurement we came retired successful nan 2nd half, I deliberation [interim coach Jeff Ulbrich] had a awesome connection to nan squad connected Monday conscionable saying, ‘Look guys, nary of this started nan measurement we wanted to commencement it, but we still person everything successful beforehand of us. Every extremity we want to execute is still retired successful beforehand of us.’”

Douglas made a large waste and acquisition past period erstwhile he acquired wide receiver Davante Adams.

He made 1 much move earlier Tuesday’s waste and acquisition deadline, shipping Mike Williams to nan Steelers.

Douglas signed Williams to a one-year, $10 cardinal woody this offseason. Douglas said Williams missing nan outpouring and training campy arsenic he returned from ACL room wounded him.

“Not being portion being of OTAs, not being capable to beryllium portion of a mostly of training camp, conscionable could ne'er really get that synched up,” Douglas said. “This is simply a awesome opportunity for him to person a caller start. It’s a move that we wouldn’t person made had we not felt bully astir nan guys we person successful nan room. Us acquiring a subordinate for illustration Davante gives america nan elasticity if a squad wants to beryllium fierce to get a subordinate for illustration Mike, we tin do that. We consciousness bully astir having 2 elite receives. Allen should travel backmost 100 percent soon. A awesome opportunity for guys for illustration [Xavier Gipson] and [Malachi] Corley. I deliberation we’re really happy pinch nan extent we person successful nan room.”