The Jets have completed their fourth GM interview. The team announced that they interviewed ESPN analyst Louis Riddick earlier today. We heard last month that the Jets were planning to interview the former NFC East exec.
Riddick played nearly a decade in the NFL before spending time in Washington and Philadelphia’s front office. More recently, the 55-year-old has been serving as an analyst on ESPN, but his decade-long media role hasn’t stopped him from garnering GM interviews.
After interviewing for the Giants job in 2017, Riddick was an especially popular name in 2021, when he interviewed for GM jobs with the Jaguars, Lions and Texans. He left that hiring cycle without a gig, and after meeting with the Steelers in 2022, Riddick hasn’t been mentioned in the GM carousel over the past couple of years.
Now, he’s had a chance to sell himself to former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum and former Vikings honcho Rick Spielman, who are running the organization’s GM and HC searches. Veteran executive Phil Savage has served as the team’s interim general manager since Joe Douglas was canned back in November.
Riddick marks the fourth candidate to interview for the Jets job. Thomas Dimitroff, Jon Robinson, and Jim Nagy previously met Jets brass about the opening.
Please hire Jerry Jones.
Well he’s not really running dem Cowboys.. so he’s likely available
I commend them for trying to consider something new.
Sign Louis get his cocky condescending face off TV. There are a couple people teams need to sign to get them out of the booth.
If they sign Riddick, does he re-sign Reddick? Say Riddick Reddick ten times fast
Riddick getting rid of Reddick is ridiculous
Hire Riddick, hire Rex Ryan and become the Bristol Jets
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