As the New York Jets prepare to play the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, their more significant business will commence this week when they begin their general manager interviews, league sources told ESPN.
Included on the list of candidates expected to interview for the Jets job are former Titans GM Jon Robinson, who at one point helped build one of the league's better rosters in Tennessee, and ESPN analyst Louis Riddick, who previously has worked in Philadelphia and Washington front offices.
There will be other candidates as well — and the Jets plan to announce or confirm each GM interview after it is completed — but Robinson's is expected this week, with Riddick's coming at a later date, according to sources.
The Jets are not married to hiring a GM first and a head coach second — nor a head coach before a GM — in part of what they hope to be a thorough process that the organization hopes yield the best candidates in each respective position. It just so happens that the interviews for the GM will start first.
Robinson and Riddick both are considered legitimate candidates and can interview with the Jets any time they wish as opposed to other candidates who are with organizations and cannot interview until after the regular season ends. This is why the process with candidates not employed by other NFL teams is beginning this week.
During his time in Tennessee, Robinson over saw the Titans drafting running back Derrick Henry and wide receiver A.J. Brown. The Titans never had a losing season and made the playoffs four times during Robinson's seven seasons as GM before he was fired in December 2022 in a move that floored people across the league.
Robinson is the second-winningest general manager in Titans franchise history
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