{"id":762885,"date":"2026-06-27T03:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T03:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/762885\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T03:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T03:04:52","slug":"the-nfls-assistant-general-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/762885\/","title":{"rendered":"The NFL’s Assistant General Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Vikings hired<\/a> Nolan Teasley late last month, the general manager carousel came to a stop once again. Minnesota has since filled out its assistant GM tier, joining Seattle \u2014 which lost Teasley from its AGM post \u2014 in doing so this month. The Vikings\u2019 GM search \u2014 which consisted of interim GM Rob Brzezinski and assistant GMs from other teams \u2014 reminded that the AGM post serves as the top launching pad to the GM ranks.<\/p>\n

While front office bosses are fairly well-known presences \u2014 particularly to the PFR audience \u2014 the assistant GM level consists of less recognizable figures. But these staffers sit as top front office lieutenants, many of whom have interviewed for GM jobs already. Others will do so in the future. Here are the teams that have assigned the assistant general manager title to one or more staffers:<\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals<\/p>\n

Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n

Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

Denver Broncos<\/p>\n

Detroit Lions<\/p>\n

Houston Texans<\/p>\n

Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Raiders<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

John McKay (hired in 2016, promoted to AGM in 2025)<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

New York Giants<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n

Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n

Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

The Cowboys, Jaguars, Jets, Packers, Panthers, Patriots and Ravens do not have a staffer in this position. Some front offices opt against handing out the title. The Patriots and Cowboys have refrained from doing so for many years. Jerry Jones has served as the team\u2019s GM since his 1989 purchase; he does not plan to step down<\/a> from his front office perch anytime soon. Son Stephen Jones operates as the team\u2019s COO. VP of player personnel Will McClay has drawn outside GM interest in the past, but the longtime Dallas staffer has preferred to stay put.<\/p>\n

Carolina promoted Dan Morgan from assistant GM to the top front office post in 2024. Former Chiefs exec Brandt Tilis serves as the Panthers\u2019 de facto AGM, residing as the team\u2019s executive VP of football operations. Tilis interviewed for the Falcons\u2019 top front office post \u2014 which went to Matt Ryan \u2014 this offseason. Now that the Dolphins hired former Packers VP of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan as GM, cap specialist Russ Ball is probably Green Bay\u2019s most prominent exec working under longtime GM Brian Gutekunst.<\/p>\n

The Patriots hired former Titans interim GM Ryan Cowden to work with Mike Vrabel; the longtime Tennessee staffer is New England\u2019s VP of player personnel. Eliot Wolf does not officially hold a GM title (residing as executive VP of player personnel instead) \u2014 is in Year 3 running the Pats\u2019 front office.<\/p>\n

Second-year GMs James Gladstone and Darren Mougey have not handed out the AGM title, either. Hall of Fame left tackle Tony Boselli sits in a key Jacksonville role, as executive VP of football ops, while former Broncos GM Brian Xanders is a senior advisor to the GM. Former Vikings GM Rick Spielman helped the Jets land on Mougey as GM, and the veteran NFL staffer remains on New York\u2019s staff (as a senior football advisor).<\/p>\n

While a host of staffers on the assistant GM level have been part of recent GM carousels, only two current AGMs \u2014 Ireland and Ziegler \u2014 previously led a front office. Illustrating the fluidity of AGM roles, only Dodds and Ireland have been in their current positions prior to the 2020s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Vikings hired Nolan Teasley late last month, the general manager carousel came to a stop once…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[363910,363911,363912,1258,1276,64,63,631,363913,363914,1261,1257,363915,1248,363916,363917,1252,1238,1234,363918,363919,1256,3055,363920,363921,1243,1255,1246,1237,363922,363923,363924,363925,363926,363927,1240,363928,91806,326908,1250,3052,1263,363929,1233,327291,341100,363930,1239,1231,1249,1242,1235,593,246645,1260,1241,363931,363932,363933,223629,1262,1254,85,1247,1253,363934,363935,363936,1272,363937],"class_list":["post-762885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-adam-berry","tag-andrew-healy","tag-andy-weidl","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-brandon-brown","tag-brian-stark","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chad-alexander","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chris-blanco","tag-chris-shea","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dave-sears","tag-dave-ziegler","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit-lions","tag-ed-dodds","tag-glenn-cook","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-houston-texans","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-james-liipfert","tag-jeff-ireland","tag-jeff-king","tag-jeff-scott-exec","tag-john-mckay","tag-jon-ferrari","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-khai-harley","tag-kyle-smith","tag-lance-newmark","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-matt-berry","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-mike-bradway","tag-mike-greenberg","tag-mike-potts","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-pfr-originals","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-r-j-gillen","tag-ray-agnew","tag-reed-burckhardt","tag-rob-mccartney","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-terrance-gray","tag-trent-kirchner","tag-trey-brown","tag-washington-commanders","tag-willie-schneider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}