A year ago in NFL.com’s annual general manager power rankings, Terry Fontenot was listed as “too new” to actually rank. A year later and sweeping changes under his belt, Fontenot is ranked at last, and comes in at...No. 21 on the list.
Gregg Rosenthal’s rankings clearly value the team’s success to this point in Fontenot’s tenure, which is a fair measure to take. That’s why Brad Holmes, the Lions general manager and a Falcons finalist for the job back in 2021, is No. 7 on this list and Fontenot is not. Detroit went 9-8 a year ago with a positive point differential and are building a quality roster, and the difference between that and a team going 7-10 for the second straight year
Here’s Rosenthal’s writeup on Fontenot:
“After two seasons of cleaning up the last regime’s mess, it’s go time for Fontenot and coach Arthur Smith.