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Tim McManus
PHILADELPHIA — Former New York Jets common supervisor Joe Douglas is returning to the Philadelphia Eagles in a senior scouting position, a league supply confirmed.
Douglas served because the Eagles’ vice chairman of participant personnel from 2016-19. He helped construct town’s first Tremendous Bowl champion — a squad that overcame the lack of various key starters resulting from harm, together with quarterback Carson Wentz, to go 13-3 throughout the common season earlier than knocking off Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Tremendous Bowl LII.
The run of success in Philadelphia led to the Jets hiring him as common supervisor in 2019.
Douglas spent five-plus seasons in New York. The Jets went 30-64 throughout his tenure, with no profitable seasons and no playoff appearances. He was fired final November following a disappointing 3-8 begin to the marketing campaign.
Douglas, 48, began off as a scout for the Baltimore Ravens in 2000 and was a part of two Tremendous Bowl champions throughout his 14-year run there. He spent a 12 months with the Chicago Bears in 2015 as their director of faculty scouting earlier than leaving for Philadelphia.
The Eagles misplaced two key members of their scouting division to the Las Vegas Raiders this offseason, with senior director of faculty scouting Anthony Patch taking a job as a senior personnel government whereas senior director of scouting Brandon Hunt left to develop into the Raiders’ vice chairman of participant personnel.
The Philadelphia Inquirer was first with the information of the Douglas hiring.
