ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Finding "Mount Scoutmore" was the goal. Create a shortlist honoring the most influential and talented NFL scouts in history. Poll those who know, do the research, sift through the records and find four or five who built the foundation of what the profession has become and those who have moved it forward through the decades.
Not those like Bill Polian, who moved up from scout to personnel director to general manager to team president on his way to Canton. Or those like Ron Wolf, Bobby Beathard and George Young, who also rose into team executive roles during their gold-jacket careers.