With rumored conflicts with owner Dan Snyder in the background, director of player personnel Kyle Smith somewhat surprisingly was let go by the Washington Football Team this offseason. He had a landing spot even before that move was announced, however, as the Falcons scooped him up to join new general manager Terry Fontenot’s front office.
Smith is an experienced personnel executive who spent most of his decade-long tenure in Washington focused on the draft, which means there are some free agents he’s familiar with either because they joined the team while he was in the front office or he may have actually had a significant role in drafting them.