With Joe Douglas in the midst of his first offseason as Jets general manager, he’s still trying to build a sustainable contender despite having already made some upgrades to the roster.

With free agency mostly in the rearview mirror, Douglas now has his sights on the draft and then the regular season. Douglas opened up Wednesday on a conference call to discuss the moves he’s already made, the ones he’s looking at making down the road and updates on some of the biggest questions facing the Jets this year.

Here are the biggest takeaways from his call.

Douglas’ free agency approach

Joe Douglas said he went into free agency with essentially two plans: 1) to fill as many holes as he could and 2) be “strategic and disciplined” with his signings. He did a solid job of executing by signing a bevy of offensive linemen and linebackers while shoring up cornerback and replacing Robby Anderson with Breshad Perriman, all without breaking the bank.

This plan also explains why he handed out 10 one-year contracts and only three multi-year deals with minimal guarantees after this season. Douglas explained that the 2020 market wasn’t right for big contracts and now the Jets will have lots of “flexibility in the draft” with four picks in the first three rounds.