But on a short-term basis, it generally works. Mayock has had a nice two-year run with Jon Gruden so far, with drafting being a little more fruitful than free agency because of the Antonio Brown trade fiasco. His downfall as GM in Tampa Bay was striking out on his first draft pick -- quarterback Josh Freeman -- which seriously set the franchise back. But it's Matt Ryan's ability that is most enticing. Licht has shown a little promise in the past, but he had been near the bottom because of shaky results for his team. The one issue here is his pedigree in a spread, given the issues of Griffin and Colin Kaepernick, but most NFL folks think (hope?) While NFL general manager vacancies aren’t nearly as prevalent as NFL head coaches, the demand could very well exceed the yearly average in 2020. Kansas City has had a few scout-to-GM success stories over the past few seasons.

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Back in May, Bleacher Report’s lead NFL Draft writer Matt Miller also made mention of Borgonzi as a worthy candidate for 2020. 1) It's easy to see that Darrelle Revis could command $16 million a year on the open market in March, but he's not the only player in the Patriots' secondary set to cash in on the team's defensive renaissance. But it's a pretty good bet that those in Cleveland will finish the season feeling good about Manziel -- thanks, in large part, to the presence of offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. For a GM, you have to manage departments, assess value. It’s certainly plausible that Borgonzi could be next in line for a top job, especially given the pedigree to talent to come out of Kansas City in recent years. Pairing him with Tee Higgins throws it a little back to 2011, when the A.J.

We gotta keep improving, we gotta win these last few games. Our heads were in the magazines a little. No team hired a minority GM this cycle, meaning all 12 names on the list remain in the pipeline with hopes of rising to the top job in an NFL front office. We brought in a ballhawk (Jairus Byrd). Without that second hat and worthy results of late, he would be much lower. Gettleman was SN executive of the year with the Panthers five years ago. His recent offensive moves of landing Emmanuel Sanders and Cesar Ruiz follow how he is always focused on reloading the receiving corps and maintaining the offensive line pop. That said, the Rams understand that they need to protect themselves, so they'll at least look at the idea of taking a quarterback early in the draft and almost certainly take one at some point. Matt Russell, director of player personnel, Denver Broncos: Widely regarded as one of the NFL's best evaluators of college talent, Russell is a confidant of John Elway on all decisions. And it would seem that next year would be earmarked for the breakthrough -- if only we knew who the quarterback would be. No matter who's under center next season, he figures to be in a pretty good spot, with a potentially dominant defense, and a strong running game making it so the triggerman doesn't need to be Joe Montana to win games.