It doesn’t appear the Bills will lose their assistant general manager just yet.
Joe Schoen interviewed for the vacant Panthers general manager job earlier this month. It was reported on Jan. 5 that the Panthers had asked the Bills for permission to talk to him.
But a new report on Thursday says that the Panthers have “final three” for the job, and Schoen is not one of them.
According to CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, the final three are Scott Fitterer, Ryan Poles, and Monti Ossenfort.
Sources indicate it’s closer to a final 3 in Carolina: Ossenfort, Poles and Fitterer. Decision made by tomorrow https://t.co/IFgg17Ijwc
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) January 14, 2021
Fitterer is the Seahawks’ VP of football operations, while Poles is with the Chiefs as their assistant director of player personnel. Ossenfort is the Titans’ director of player personnel.
On their team website, the Panthers announced on Wednesday that all three, plus 49ers vice president of player personnel Adam Peters, had second interviews with the team. Schoen evidently did not, therefore he’s likely out of the running for the job.
In total, the Panthers interviewed 15 candidates.
At this time no other team has reportedly asked to interview Schoen.
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