New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas has overseen two full seasons of football and little progress has been made under his watch from a win-loss standpoint. The Jets are 6-27 since Douglas executed his first full offseason as a GM in 2020.
For most general managers, such an abysmal two-year stretch would be completely unacceptable, likely leading to their firing.
But Douglas has a little bit more leeway for this one reason: he essentially had to build the roster from scratch.
In hindsight, the 2019 Jets roster gave Joe Douglas nothing to work with
Douglas was hired by the Jets in June 2019 after previous general manager Mike Maccagnan had already directed the franchise through free agency and the draft.