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BREAKING: Jaguars Future Foe Cleans House

The Jaguars' Week 15 opponent has thrown the towel in on the 2024 season after firing general manager Joe Douglas.

John Shipley

Feb 28, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas speaks at a press conference at the NFL Scouting Combine at Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Feb 28, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas speaks at a press conference at the NFL Scouting Combine at Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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While questions continue to swirl about the future of Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke, one team on the Jaguars' upcoming schedule has decided to clean house.

After firing head coach Robert Saleh early in the season, the 3-8 New York Jets have now fired general manager Joe Douglas. Douglas had been with the Jets since the 2019 season and compiled a 30-64 record in the process with no winning seasons and no playoff appearances.

The Jaguars are set to host the Jets in Week 15, with the contest being one of five games over the final six weeks in which the Jaguars play a team with a losing record.

While the Jaguars lost to the Douglas-led Jets in 2021, the Jaguars beat the Jets in 2022 and have proven to be a more successfully operated team than the Jets in the same span.

Now, the Jets will limp into Week 15 with an interim head coach who appears to be overwhelmed by the job and an interim general manager.

The question now is whether the Jaguars will have Pederson man the sidelines for the Jaguars and if Baalke will still be running the front office by the time Week 15 comes around. If the Jaguars follow the Jets' lead and make wholesale changes of their own, there is a chance Week 15 would be the battle of the interim franchises.

If not, then Pederson and Baalke can likely circle Week 15 as one of the most winnable games left on their schedule moving into the final weeks of the 2024 season.

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John Shipley
JOHN SHIPLEY

John Shipley has been covering the Jacksonville Jaguars as a beat reporter and publisher of Jaguar Report since 2019. Previously, he covered UCF's undefeated season as a beat reporter for NSM.Today, covered high school prep sports in Central Florida, and covered local sports and news for the Palatka Daily News. Follow John Shipley on Twitter at @_john_shipley.

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