Look at the title: general manager.
That was the plea of one NFC executive this week as I was assembling my 12th annual future GMs list, originally the brainchild of a general manager who came to me asking about the lack of a good accounting of candidates out there, over a decade ago. And this particular plea was one I’d actually heard repeatedly over the last few days.
A big part of that is the year we’re in. Twenty-twenty has proven a lot of things in the NFL, and one without question is how pro football is a people business, which drives to the heart of this executive’s point.