Could Falcons Next General Manager Be One Of These Two People?

The Atlanta Falcons person solidified their adjacent caput coach aft announcing that Kevin Stefanski would go nan franchise’s 20th caput coach successful franchise history. Saturday’s late-night announcement is conscionable nan opening for what will apt beryllium a engaged adjacent fewer days. 

While it has been beautiful quiet since hiring Matt Ryan arsenic nan president of football, nan Falcons still person to capable their wide head position. Various reports person emerged from different insiders who opportunity they person connections to nan ongoing process, but nan anticipation is that a determination could beryllium imminent. 

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“It's important we onshore some these planes astir astatine nan aforesaid clip because location has to beryllium collaboration betwixt these 2 individuals. So, which 1 goes precisely first doesn't make a full batch of difference,” proprietor Arthur Blank said past week astir nan concurrent caput coach and wide head search. “The worst point you tin person successful nan NFL, astir apt successful immoderate organization, is person a wide head and a caput coach who don't spot their roles nan correct way, nan aforesaid way, and are trying to make decisions based connected a different group of standards. So, we're very delicate to that, and that goes some ways, GM and caput coach.”

Now that Stefanski has officially been announced, afloat attraction tin beryllium turned to nan wide manager. According to those aforementioned reports, 2 candidates person been mentioned astir frequently. 

The first is Chicago Bears adjunct wide head Ian Cunningham, who has mostly been considered nan frontrunner for nan post. To this point, he is nan only campaigner that nan squad has requested to interview. 

Before nan Falcons hired Ryan to beryllium their president of football, Cunningham interviewed for nan aforesaid position. He has played a cardinal domiciled successful nan improvement of nan Bears’ roster, turning them into a playoff squad and NFC North champions. Cunningham, who besides has stops pinch Howie Roseman successful Philadelphia (2017-2021) and Ozzie Newsome successful Baltimore (2008-2016), has trim his teeth pinch immoderate of nan champion decision-makers successful nan NFL. 

Cunningham helped lead each 3 franchises to nan postseason, winning 2 Super Bowls. 

Ryan is besides connected pinch Ryan Poles, nan Bears’ wide manager, making love backmost to their shared clip astatine Boston College. That narration could supply nan Falcons pinch an elevated knowing of Cunningham and create a ready-made level of comfortableness betwixt parties. 

The 2nd action that has been floated for nan Falcons is Josh Williams, nan head of scouting and shot operations pinch nan San Francisco 49ers. 2025 is his 15th play successful nan NFL (all successful San Francisco), but nan first successful his existent role. Williams worked his measurement up arsenic an adjunct successful nan scouting section and now directs pro and assemblage scouting efforts, supports subordinate development, and assists successful statement negotiations.

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Like Cunningham, Williams besides interviewed for nan position of president of shot earlier this month. Both are considered to beryllium up-and-coming candidates. 

Based connected these reports, nan adjacent wide head will apt extremity up being 1 of these 2 options. The 49ers person already been eliminated from nan playoffs, and nan Bears are still pending a last consequence astatine nan clip of this writing. If it does extremity up being 1 of these two, past a determination could beryllium coming soon.