Gang Inexperienced is formally on the lookout for new management in its entrance workplace.
Final week, throughout their bye, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson fired common supervisor Joe Douglas with six video games left within the season.
Douglas was within the closing yr of a six-year contract he signed in 2019.
On Monday, the Jets introduced they’ve employed The thirty third Crew to assist conduct each their common supervisor and training searches after Robert Saleh was additionally fired on Oct. 8. This would be the first time since 2015 that the Jets wish to rent each positions.
Most groups on this state of affairs sometimes rent the final supervisor earlier than hiring the coach. The Jets can not interview a common supervisor or a training candidate on one other workforce till the tip of the common season.
Listed below are some doable candidates for the Jets common supervisor function.
Lions assistant common supervisor Ray Agnew
After his 11-season NFL profession (1990-2000) was over, Agnew joined the Rams entrance workplace and moved up the ranks. He spent 4 years because the Rams director of professional scouting and was a member of the Rams scouting employees for 18 seasons earlier than changing into the Lions assistant common supervisor in 2021.
Agnew’s son, Ray Agnew III, presently works as a professional scout with the Jets group. If Agnew had been the Jets’ common supervisor alternative, he may doubtlessly deliver one of many high Lions coordinators with him.
Each Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn are thought-about to be scorching teaching candidates through the offseason. Glenn additionally performed for the Jets for eight seasons and certain would have some curiosity in returning to the workforce that drafted him.
Since Agnew and government vice chairman and common supervisor Brad Holmes arrived, the Lions have fully rotated their group. Final season, the Lions made it to the NFC Championship earlier than shedding to the 49ers. A yr later, the Lions have the most effective document within the league (11-1).
Former Falcons common supervisor Thomas Dimitroff
If the Jets desire a candidate with earlier common supervisor expertise, Dimitroff makes some sense. He served because the Falcons’ common supervisor from 2008 to twenty. Earlier than that, he was with the Patriots group for six years.
Throughout his time in Atlanta, Dimitroff helped the Falcons attain Tremendous Bowl LI earlier than shedding to the Falcons. He additionally helped construct the inspiration of these Falcons groups by drafting quarterback Matt Ryan and extensive receiver Julio Jones. In 2020, Dimitroff and Dan Quinn had been each fired after the Falcons started that season 0-5.
Since 2022, Dimitroff has been working in analytics.
Chiefs assistant common supervisor Mike Borgonzi
Earlier than the Jets employed them, the thirty third Crew talked about Borgonzi as a possible common supervisor candidate, and for good motive. He has been with the Chiefs group for 16 seasons, and Borgonzi was promoted to assistant common supervisor in 2021 after three seasons because the director of soccer operations (2018-20).
Borgonzi works carefully with Chiefs common supervisor Brett Veach concerning roster administration and free company. He additionally directs the membership’s school {and professional} scouting operations.
The Chiefs have received three Tremendous Bowls since 2019, so why wouldn’t the Jets be inquisitive about mirroring a few of that success?
NFL government Daybreak Aponte
Final offseason, Aponte interviewed for the Chargers’ vacant common supervisor place that finally went to Joe Hortiz. She may doubtlessly be a common supervisor candidate as soon as once more, particularly for a company she is aware of nicely.
Throughout her time with the Jets (1994-2006), Aponte was promoted from accountant to senior director of soccer administration.
After leaving the group, Aponte grew to become the Browns’ vice chairman of soccer administration (2010-11), the Dolphins’ senior vice chairman of soccer operations (2010-12), and later their government vice chairman of soccer administration (2012-16). She has been working within the NFL places of work since 2017 because the chief administrator of soccer operations.
If Aponte had been to turn into the Jets’ common supervisor, she could be the league’s first feminine common supervisor.
ESPN analyst Louis Riddick
Over time, Riddick has interviewed for common supervisor roles with the Giants, Lions, Texans, and Steelers. He labored within the Washington and Philadelphia entrance places of work earlier than changing into a TV analyst in 2014.
Earlier this week, former NFL quarterback and ESPN analyst Robert Griffin III campaigned for the Jets to rent Riddick on X/Twitter.
“The Jets need a GM who the media will respect and if they don’t he won’t give a damn. That’s @LRiddickESPN,” Griffin stated within the publish. “Louis has deep knowledge of the college prospects, evolution of the pro game and has zero doubt in what a team needs to build a champion. Let him pick his coach and his QB.”
Riddick has not labored in an NFL entrance workplace since 2013, however his data about soccer on each the professional and school degree is unmatched.
