Former Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage is getting a second chance with the New York Jets.
Waves ripped through the Jets facility on Tuesday morning when the team announced the firing of general manager Joe Douglas. In his place, they would name former Browns scout and current general manager Phil Savage .
This is the Jets' second major move this season after firing head coach Robert Saleh earlier in the season.
Phil Savage only has a short deadline to apply for the full-time position and he will most likely serve as a placeholder. Team chairman Woody announced that the search for a new general manager would begin immediately.
Phil Savage has made his way through the football world throughout his career, serving as general manager of the Browns between 2005 and 2008, working in the front offices of the Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles, and managing the Alliance of American Football league's short-lived Arizona Hotshots, color commentator for the Alabama Crimson Tide, working as an insider for ESPN and managing the Senior Bowl for seven years in Mobile, Alabama, where he grew up.
Most recently, Savage returned to the NFL, joining the New York Jets as a senior advisor in 2019 as part of Joe Douglas' new front office. Now that Douglas is gone, he is tasked with finding a replacement for the man who hired him.
