Properly identifying a contributor within the thin group, however, is a basic element of the job description for everyone in player personnel. It's part of the fun for us, too. The choices address a vacant role—not necessarily the greatest need—on each roster. AFC East 1 o...
A related job often used interchangeably is the director of player personnel. This role encompasses more of the player contracts and acquisitions. While they are tasked with many of the same responsibilities, like player development, football operations managers are generally more involved in the team...
Mike Mayock does have some say in personnel, but everyone knows who is running the show. DespiteDerek Carr’s statsand performance justifying his reputation and contract, Gruden has explored moving on from him every offseason. It would be one thing if he just toyed with the franchise quarterb...
8) While we’re on the Panthers, Titans director of player personnel Monti Ossenfort did very well with the Carolina people, in reaching the final stages of their interview process. Ossenfort, as we’ve mentioned before, could eventually wind up with his old friend Joe Judge in New York....
Either way, the Lions should have an improved defensive end group this season, but if they were to utilize their personnel properly and give Idonije the first crack outside, it would be a big plus. On top of an improved defensive end group, the Lions should get even better play from ...
Look around the division for major personnel changes. Front offices put a lot of weight into the actions of those teams they will play twice a year. If a team in a division has a fast rising QB and WR combo that was hard to handle the year before and only getting better, the corner...
And all of this comes with a bold-faced ellipsis. On a summer morning at the Vikings complex in the suburbs southwest of the Twin Cities, Paul Wiggin, 79, sat grading videotape in the office where he works as personnel consultant for the team. Wiggin and Brown came to Cleveland the same...
and have completely different trees or communication systems that we've been around and people that we know. It feels like a really great mix. I'm very proud of our scouts and our personnel guys and the coaches and how they interact with all of their friends and communicate to try to ge...
The effusive praise from Carolina's new general manager -- who was the Seahawks' co-director of player personnel when Darnold entered the NFL in 2018 -- might draw some quizzical looks from observers, considering Darnold's stat line from his first three seasons as a pro. The quart...
Kim Jones: One Bills personnel grouping Brian Daboll could employ early vs. Colts Kinkhabwala: Browns still haven't practiced this week ahead of Steelers showdown Kim Pegula joins Kim Jones to talk about what wild-card game means to Buffalo Kupp goes up, over Jamal Adams for terrific si...