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Mailbag: Why Do So Many GMs Get Second Chances Instead of New Candidates Getting Hired?

With four teams left, most of your questions were on the other 28. So let’s dive in …

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From T (@BucWild007): Why do teams constantly recycle people (WFT and Hurney) versus looking at new blood or someone outside of the inner circle of retreads?

It’s a fair question, T—Ron Rivera did run the search in D.C., and the names the team cycled through were all connected to him. Both ex-Panthers GM Marty Hurney and Titans exec Ryan Cowden worked with him in Carolina, while ex-Lions GM/current 49ers exec Martin Mayhew shares an agent with him.