{"id":45021,"date":"2019-06-14T01:02:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=45021"},"modified":"2019-06-14T01:02:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:02:18","slug":"assistant-gm-news-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2019\/06\/14\/assistant-gm-news-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant GM News Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rumors are starting to heat up that the Jets could hire Chicago Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel Anthony &#8220;Champ&#8221; Kelly. According to several sources, the Jets would reportedly be interested in making Kelly their assistant GM. Champ Kelly has a prior history working with both Joe Douglas and Adam Gase.&nbsp;This would be the first addition that Joe Douglas made to his staff since his hiring.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kelly is very well respected around the league and sources say he was the Jets backup option for GM if the Joe Douglas deal fell through. This would be a quality hire and with Kelly already having a history with the Jets staff, he should be capable of stepping right in and making an impact day one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hearing the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eagles<\/a> have played hardball with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> as new GM Joe Douglas seeks to stock his front office. As a result, I&#39;m told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bears?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bears<\/a> Assistant DPP Anthony &#39;Champ&#39; Kelly will be hired by NYJ &amp; is expected to be Asst GM. Kelly has history w\/Thomas (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bears?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bears<\/a>) &amp; Gase (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Broncos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Broncos<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil Stratton (@InsideTheLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideTheLeague\/status\/1139244476197724168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One prominent candidate for GM Joe Douglas&#39; personnel staff with the @Jets is Bears assistant player of personnel Champ Kelly (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampKelly1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChampKelly1<\/a>) who also was among the GM candidates the team interviewed, per sources. Kelly and Douglas worked together in Chicago. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OYnyvwPg4T\">https:\/\/t.co\/OYnyvwPg4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mortreport\/status\/1139325304089075712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In addition to Todd McShay it looks like Andy Weidl is another name that can be crossed off the list of possibilities for the Jets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eagles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Eagles<\/a> have promoted Andy Weidl to VP of player personnel, filling vacancy of Joe Douglas, new Jets GM.  The team website has confirmed.<br \/>Weidl now won\u2019t be joining good friend Douglas in NY.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mortreport\/status\/1139280387304296448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Champ to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y1dnMcQ90B\">pic.twitter.com\/Y1dnMcQ90B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichCimini\/status\/1139335855422824448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumors are starting to heat up that the Jets could hire Chicago Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel Anthony &#8220;Champ&#8221; Kelly. According to several sources, the Jets would reportedly be interested in making Kelly their assistant GM. 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