Todd McShay tore into Jets owner Woody Johnson on Tuesday after Gang Green axed general manager Joe Douglas.
The host of “The McShay Show” labeled Johnson as being “among the worst owners in the National Football League” and insisted that Douglas would be “fine” while “the Jets won’t.” “If the Jets can’t win with Joe Douglas as the general manager and with the talent that is on that roster, the Jets can’t win, period.
“There are certain decisions that are just made that it doesn’t matter what the general manager wants.
Douglas was the latest shoe to drop after the Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh on Oct. 8 Sources told The Post’s Brian Costello that Johnson made the decision to fire Douglas after the Jets lost to the Colts on Sunday.
The Jets had entered the 2024 season with Super Bowl hopes, but instead are looking at missing the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.
On Tuesday, following Gang Green’s firing of general manager Joe Douglas, Todd McShay attacked Jets owner Woody Johnson.
“The McShay Show” host called Johnson “one of the worst owners in the National Football League” and maintained that Douglas would be “fine” while “the Jets won’t.”. “”.
“The Jets cannot win at all if Joe Douglas is not the general manager and the team’s roster is full of talented players.”. Ownership is the issue, people,” McShay stated. The general manager’s wishes are irrelevant in some decisions that are simply made. With one person handling the entire process and one paying the checks, some decisions are simply made and you have to agree with them.
“If you’re a Jets supporter, you understand exactly what I mean. You’re not surprised by this. I feel bad for Jets fans because I don’t think there’s much of a future for the team given that talent on the field and if it wasn’t going to work under this regime. I predict that ownership won’t change for some time. If you’re wondering how you’re going to get through this, the answer is probably no. “”.
McShay, who was Douglas’s teammate at the University of Richmond, is by no means the first to argue that Johnson bears a large portion of the blame for the Jets’ season’s outcome.
Following the Jets’ October firing of head coach Robert Saleh, Douglas was the most recent to be fired. 8. .
After the Jets’ Sunday loss to the Colts, sources told Brian Costello of The Post that Johnson decided to fire Douglas.
Despite having Super Bowl aspirations going into the 2024 season, the Jets could miss the playoffs for the fourteenth straight year.
