Joe Douglas takes ownership of Jets 'frustration' as job security questions linger
Joe Douglas does not have a contract for 2025. The team is 30-62 in his six seasons on the job, including 3-6 this year.
The team is 30-62 in his six seasons on the job, including 3-6 this year.
The coach he hired in 2021, Robert Saleh, was fired after five games this season.
Douglas spoke to the media Wednesday for the first time since the season began.
He was asked if he is concerned about his future.
“I come in here every day, I just want to do whatever I can to help this team reach its goals and get to its destination, and whatever happens, happens,” Douglas said.
The Jets have not won more than seven games in a season since Douglas took the job in 2019.
He has had some good moments — the 2022 draft and some free-agent signings — and some terrible moments — drafting Zach Wilson No. 2 overall, his 2020 and 2021 drafts, and some free-agent busts.
“We haven’t had a winning season,” Douglas said. “We’re sitting here at 3-6. There’s a lot of frustration. Obviously, it starts with me. I can look back and there’s quite a few things I could have done better. When a situation happens like happened four weeks ago, you have a lot of self-reflective moments on the things that you could have done better to keep that from happening. We have an opportunity with these last stretch of games to change that narrative.”