General Managers may have the toughest gig in the National Football League. Outside of having to make countless heavily-scrutinized player personnel and NFL Draft-related evaluations, they also have to make difficult decisions that will ultimately affect the livelihoods of their staff and players on a daily basis; they have to manage a hard salary cap; and they have to manage some of the biggest egos in professional sports. And they do all of this with little to no job security to fall back on.
Keeping in mind that no one knows exactly how the 2016 NFL season will ultimately pan out, we decided to evaluate and rank the top five GMs in the business.