Before being fired in November, former New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas became fed up with the power structure above him.
The Athletic's Zack Rosenblatt, Dianna Russini and Michael Silver reported that Jets team owner Woody Johnson began including his teenage sons Brick and Jack in some meetings at the team facility. The youngsters' involvement led some team employees to believe that they had been influencing their father's behavior, particularly Johnson's propensity for sharing social media posts and articles from various outlets with the organization's top decision-makers.
"When we're discussing things, you'll hear Woody cite something that Brick or Jack read online that's being weighed equally against whatever opinion someone else in the department has," one Jets executive said.