Joe Douglas takes ownership of Jets frustration as job security questions linger

Joe Douglas may be in his final weeks as the Jets general manager.Douglas does not have a contract for 2025.The team is 30-62 in his six seasons on the job, including 3-6 this year.The coach he hired in 2021, Robert Saleh, was fired after five games this season.

All of it adds up to it not looking good for Douglas’ job security.Douglas spoke to the media Wednesday for the first time since the season began.He was asked if he is concerned about his future.“I come in here every day, I just want to do whatever I can to help this team reach its goals and get to its destination, and whatever happens, happens,” Douglas said.The Jets have not won more than seven games in a season since Douglas took the job in 2019.

He has had some good moments — the 2022 draft and some free-agent signings — and some terrible moments — drafting Zach Wilson No.2 overall, his 2020 and 2021 drafts, and some free-agent busts.“We haven’t had a winning season,” Douglas said.

“We’re sitting here at 3-6.There’s a lot of frustration.

Obviously, it starts with me.I can look back and there’s quite a few things I could have done better.

When a situation happens like happened four weeks ago, you have a lot of self-reflective moments on the things that you could have done better to keep that from happening.We have an opportunity with these last stretch of games to change that narrative.”It feels like owner Woody Johnson has taken control of the team from Douglas over the past month.

There have been several big moves that have Johnson’s fingerprints on them.The first was the decision to fire Saleh, which Johnson said was his alone.

Douglas and Saleh were very close, and it is unlikely that Douglas would have recommended firing the coach after five games.Douglas on Wednesday avoided giving his opinion on Saleh’s firing.“I’m not going to get into any of the details of any of the conversations that happened before or after that,” Douglas said.“Again, Woody and I...