It’s all quite simple, actually: The most important ingredient for the Jets in their eternal quest to finally steer all their engines in the proper direction is already on the payroll, and has been for almost five full months.
No matter what changes occur from here, general manager Joe Douglas is already here. And that has to be the key.
Look, cards on the table? The Jets, and the long-suffering constituents who have supported them through (fleeting) thick and (relentless) thin have little choice but to hope that’s the case. Plans B, C, and D are so unappetizing as to be nauseating, because if Douglas can’t be entrusted with this task … well, then everything gets blown to smithereens.