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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets do this quarterback dance every few years. For general manager Joe Douglas, it's a first. In two decades as an NFL scout and executive, Douglas never has been a top decision-maker in the selection of a quarterback in the first round of the NFL draft. He was the Baltimore Ravens' area scout who wrote glowing reports on quarterback Joe Flacco in 2008, but he wasn't the guy who made the final call. From 2017 to 2019, Douglas was in charge of the Philadelphia Eagles' draft board as vice president of player personnel, but there was no quarterback interest be...

Jets trade Sam Darnold to Panthers: If BYU’s Zach Wilson doesn’t become a star, Joe Douglas is toast | Opinion Updated Apr 05, 2021; Facebook Share And he better be right — or else he’ll go down as yet another failed Jets general manager, like Mike Maccagnan and John Idzik before him. Now that Douglas has traded quarterback Sam Darnold to the Panthers (for a 2021 sixth-round draft pick, plus a second-rounder and fourth-rounder next year), it’s a near lock that Wilson will be the Jets’ Week 1 starter in 2021. This isn’t just about hitting on the No. 2 pick in this month’s draf...

Jaguars add 3 more to personnel staff The Jaguars have continued its efforts to rebuild the staff from the ground up, adding three more personnel staff members. Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images The Jaguars are continuing its efforts to re-shape the organization from the ground up under the direction of head coach Urban Meyer and general manager Trent Baalke. Today, the team announced the addition of three people to its personnel department in senior personnel executive Michael Davis, director of roster management Trip MacCracken and player personnel coordinator Drew Hughes. #Jaguars ann...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- A look at what's happening around the New York Jets: 1. (Search) party of one: The Jets' worst season in nearly a quarter-century will end around 4 p.m. ET Sunday, and then the real work begins. In perhaps his last big move as the Jets' acting owner, CEO Christopher Johnson is expected to fire coach Adam Gase. At that point, Johnson should take one for the team and announce he will yield to general manager Joe Douglas as the lead in the search for Gase's replacement. No search firms. No consultants. No tag-team efforts. Douglas is the top football man in the organization...