This year’s NFL GM carousel figures to be more active than usual. The Falcons, Lions, Panthers, Texans, and Jaguars are all on the hunt for a new front office leader. And that’s only the official list. The real tally shows six clubs looking for a GM, since the Washington Football Team is expected to install a GM to work alongside head coach Ron Rivera. By mid-January, we could easily see a couple more jobs opening up — that’d put ~25% of the NFL on the market.
We’ll keep track of the GM candidates for each club here, along with their current status. If and when other teams decide to make general manager changes, they’ll be added to this list. Here’s the current breakdown:
Updated 1-5-21 (7:35pm CT)
Atlanta Falcons
- Morocco Brown, Colts college scouting director: Interviewed
- Terry Fontenot, Saints VP/assistant GM: To be interviewed
- Brad Holmes, Rams director of college scouting: To be interviewed
- Anthony Robinson, Falcons director of college scouting: Interviewed
- Rick Smith, former Texans general manager: Interviewed
Carolina Panthers
- Mike Borgonzi, Chiefs player personnel director: Rumored candidate
- Nick Caserio, Patriots VP of player personnel: Interviewed
- Ed Dodds, Colts assistant GM: Interview requested
- Jeff Ireland, Saints assistant GM: Interviewed
- Monti Ossenfort, Titans player personnel director: Interviewed
- George Paton, Vikings assistant GM: Rumored candidate
- Adam Peters, 49ers VP of player personnel: Interview requested
- Ryan Poles, Chiefs assistant player personnel director: Interview requested
- Jerry Reese, former Giants general manager: Interviewed
- Joe Schoen, Bills assistant GM: Interviewed
Denver Broncos
- Champ Kelly, Bears assistant director of player personnel: Interview requested
- George Paton, Vikings assistant GM: Interview requested
- Dave Ziegler, Patriots assistant player personnel director: Interview requested
Detroit Lions
- Thomas Dimitroff, former Falcons general manager: Interviewed
- Terry Fontenot, Saints assistant GM: Interviewed
- Brad Holmes, Rams director of college scouting: To be interviewed
- Rob Lohman, Lions director of pro scouting: Interviewed
- Lance Newmark, Lions director of player personnel: Interviewed
- Kyle O’Brien, Lions VP of player personnel: Interviewed
- George Paton, Vikings assistant GM: To be interviewed
- Scott Pioli, former Chiefs GM/NFL Network analyst: Interviewed
- Louis Riddick, ESPN analyst/former Eagles exec: Interviewed
- John Schneider, Seahawks general manager: Rumored candidate
- Rick Smith, former Texans general manager: Interviewed
Houston Texans
- Matt Bazirgan, Texans player personnel director: Interviewed
- Malik Boyd, Bills pro scouting director: Interviewed
- Nick Caserio, Patriots VP of player personnel: Hired
- Scott Cohen, Ravens football research director: Interview requested
- Omar Khan, Steelers VP of football and business administration: Interviewed
- Trent Kirchner, Seahawks VP of player personnel: Interviewed
- Ozzie Newsome, Ravens executive vice president: Preferred candidate
- Louis Riddick, ESPN analyst: Interviewed
Jacksonville Jaguars
- Ray Farmer, former Browns general manager: To be interviewed
- Terry Fontenot, Saints assistant GM: Interview requested
- Jerry Reese, former Giants GM: Interviewed
- Louis Riddick, ESPN analyst: To be interviewed
- Rick Smith, former Texans general manager: Interviewed
Washington Football Team
- Marty Hurney, former Panthers general manager: Mentioned as candidate
- Martin Mayhew, former Lions general manager: Mentioned as candidate
- Rick Smith, former Texans general manager: Mentioned as candidate
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