Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is the favorite to become the new general manager of the Minnesota Vikings, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Courtney Cronin, with a deal that could come as soon as Tuesday.
Adofo-Mensah, the Cleveland Browns vice president of football operations, was expected to have his second interview with the Vikings on Tuesday.
He would succeed Rick Spielman, who was fired along with head coach Mike Zimmer after the regular season.
The Vikings' new GM hire would be tasked with hiring the new head coach.
Minnesota conducted eight initial interviews with head coaching candidates over the last nine days, including San Francisco defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans, who was a quality control and inside linebackers coach for the 49ers during the final three seasons that Adofo-Mensah spent with the franchise from 2017 to 2019.