Joe Douglas returning to Eagles after midseason…
One yr after he obtained the unhealthy finish of a commerce with Eagles common supervisor Howie Roseman, Joe Douglas is re-joining his former boss.
Douglas, the previous Jets common supervisor, is returning to the Eagles in a senior scouting function, according to a number of stories. Douglas was the Eagles vice president of participant personnel from 2016-19, until he was employed to lead the Jets.
The Eagles and Jets basically flipped pass-rushers during the 2024 offseason — and no one wound up blissful.
Jets proprietor Woody Johnson (l.) with former Jets GM Joe Douglas (r.) in 2023. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
After the Eagles signed Bryce Huff away from the Jets during free company, Douglas turned around and traded a 2026 third-round decide to Roseman for the disgruntled Haason Reddick.
Huff only had 2.5 sacks in 12 video games, misplaced his beginning job and was a healthy scratch in the Super Bowl.
But that appears like optimum manufacturing in contrast to what Reddick gave the Jets when he held out for the first seven video games of the season — after deceptive Douglas about his calls for for a new contract — and then contributed one sack in 10 video games before leaving for the Buccaneers as a free agent.
Douglas helped construct a Super Bowl-winning roster in 2017 with hits all through free company and trades. That notch on his résumé helped him a few years later to land the Jets job, where he was first partnered with head coach Adam Gase and then employed Robert Saleh to substitute Gase.
Joe Douglas with the Eagles in 2018. Getty Images
The Jets went 32-68 and failed to attain the playoffs during Douglas’ six-year tenure. His gold star is the 2022 draft class, when he landed Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson, Jermaine Johnson and Breece Hall with top-34 picks.
Douglas was fired final November — after Saleh already had been let go — close to the top of the ultimate yr of his contract. Just a few weeks later, he was shoulder-to-shoulder with Roseman at an Eagles home recreation — a precursor of what was to come.
The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported Douglas’ new job.
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