Passed over for Chargers GM job, Brandon Brown will remain with Giants

Brandon Brown is expected to remain with the New York Giants after being passed over for the Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina Panthers GM jobs.

New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown is a rising executive and will someday hold the post of GM but that won’t come in 2024.

After two interviews with the Los Angeles Chargers for their vacant general manager role, Brown was passed over in favor of Baltimore Ravens’ director of player personnel Joe Hortiz.

Los Angeles’ decision comes less than a week after the Carolina Panthers also passed on Brown, instead hiring former NFL linebacker Dan Morgan as their president of football operations/general manager.

The other two GM vacancies during this cycle — Washington Commanders and Las Vegas Raiders — have also been filled. Brown did not receive any public interest from those two teams.

With all GM jobs now accounted for, Brown will return to the Giants in 2024 alongside general manager Joe Schoen.

Before joining the Giants, the 35-year-old Brown worked in the Eagles’ front office since 2017 in various roles.

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Giants would receive draft picks for losing Mike Kafka, Brandon Brown

If Brandon Brown and/or Mike Kafka are hired elsewhere, the New York Giants would receive draft compensation over the next several years.

The New York Giants are in danger of losing some of their young leadership group to other teams seeking to build their front offices and coaching staffs.

Assistant general manager Brandon Brown and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka have been making the rounds this offseason, interviewing for GM and head coaching vacancies around the league.

Giant fans are nervous as the poaching is coming way too soon in the team’s rebuild and could stunt the team’s progress should they lose one or both men.

There is a silver lining, however.

If the Giants lose Brown and/or Kafka to other teams in promotional moves, they will be eligible to receive compensation in upcoming NFL drafts as both are considered minority candidates.

Yes, as per an addition to the Rooney Rule in 2020, teams that “lose a minority executive or coach to another team … would receive a third-round compensatory pick for two years. If a team lost both a coach and personnel member, it would receive a third-round compensatory pick for three years.”

The picks naturally come at the end of the third round. The expansion of the Rooney Rule aims to incentivize teams to hire and develop minority candidates in leadership roles.

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Where the Chargers’ general manager search stands after hiring Jim Harbaugh

After hiring Jim Harbaugh to be their next head coach, the Chargers will now figure out who will be the general manager.

The Chargers hired Jim Harbaugh as head coach last night in a franchise altering move. After years of flirting with NFL interest and winning the College Football Playoff National Championship at Michigan, he’s back in the NFL. But now, the focus shifts to “building infrastructure” as Harbaugh said yesterday. That will most likely start with the completion of the Chargers’ general manager search.

Brandon Brown completed a second interview yesterday for the position. Ravens Director of Player Personnel Joe Hortiz will also come back for a second in-person interview today. The Chargers first round of interviews included Hortiz and Brown as well as JoJo Wooden, Ian Cunningham, Terrance Gray, Jeff Ireland, Ed Dodds, Jeff King, and Dawn Aponte.

Of those candidates, quite a few have some connections to Harbaugh. Brandon Brown has been mentioned by Albert Breer as a candidate that could fit that mold. Per Benjamin Allbright, Michigan was a school Brown scouted while he was with the Colts and Eagles.

Joe Hortiz doesn’t have a direct connection to Jim Harbaugh himself, but obviously has worked directly with his brother John Harbaugh in Baltimore. The same is true for Ian Cunningham, who spent nearly a decade with the Ravens as a scout.

After missing out on the Raiders general manager job following the hiring of Tom Telesco, Ed Dodds is still available too. Dodds has long been viewed as a potential “Harbaugh GM” if he was to make a return in the NFL. The two reportedly have a strong relationship dating back to Harbaugh’s time as quarterbacks coach with the Raiders. Back then, Dodds was a Pro Personnel Intern in Oakland.

Harbaugh will presumably want to put together his staff and mobilize the Chargers’ offseason as soon as possible, so I’d expect the general manager search to quickly accelerate now that the former Michigan coach has finally put pen to paper.

Chargers to have second interview with Brandon Brown for general manager vacancy

Brandon Brown is a rising star.

The Chargers are set to have a second interview with Brandon Brown for their general manager vacancy on Wednesday, according to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero.

Brown, 35, finished his second season as the Giants assistant general manager. In his first season in the role, Brown helped GM Joe Schoen revamp their roster and helped lead New York back to the playoffs for the first time in six years.

Brown was previously with the Eagles for five seasons from 2017 to 2021. He first started as assistant director of pro scouting for two seasons. He was then promoted to director of pro scouting for two seasons. Brown finished his tenure as director of player personnel for one season.

Before his time with Philadelphia, Brown spent two seasons from 2015 to 2016 with the Colts as a scouting assistant before being promoted to advanced scout.

Giants’ Brandon Brown will have second GM interview with Chargers

New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown is having a second GM interview with the Los Angeles Chargers.

New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown will reportedly have a follow-up meeting with the Los Angeles Chargers, to discuss their vacant general manager position.

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports the second interview will take place on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old Brown has served as the Giants’ assistant general manager under GM Joe Schoen since the beginning of the 2022 season.

Before that, Brown spent five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles under general manager Howie Roseman.

Brown oversaw the Eagles’ pro scouting department and did crossover work on the college scouting side and was promoted to the team’s director of player personnel in 2021.

Brown has had several interviews of late. He recently met with the Carolina Panthers (twice).

The Chargers are trying to lure in a coach — specifically Jim Harbaugh — without the input of a general manager, which is not the normal process in today’s NFL.

The Chargers fired both head coach Brandon Staley and GM Tom Telesco in December. Telesco is now the general manager of the Las Vegas Raiders, who recently named former Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce head coach.

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Report: Panthers may not be done adding to front office after Dan Morgan promotion

Monday’s promotion of new GM Dan Morgan may not be the only adjustment the Panthers make atop their front office.

Just because they’ve locked in on their new general manager, it doesn’t mean the Carolina Panthers are done making big moves behind the scenes.

On Monday, the team announced the promotion of Dan Morgan to the president of football operations and general manager positions. The former Panthers linebacker, who is now also the former Panthers assistant general manager, now takes the reins atop the front office after three years as the No. 2.

But according to CBS lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones, owner David Tepper may be looking to partner Morgan up with a numbers guy. Jones writes:

It’s possible Tepper isn’t done adding to his front office, sources say. Tepper had a healthy mix of GM candidates in this search with football backgrounds or cap/analytics backgrounds. Back in 2021 before hiring Fitterer, Tepper flirted with the idea of splitting the GM position in two: A CFO of football and a COO of football, according to sources.

With Morgan taking the controls as the primary football executive, his secondary football executive position is now vacant in Carolina.

Some, including Joe Person of The Athletic and Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, have suggested it may be Kansas City Chiefs vice president of football operations Brandt Tilis that is ultimately hired to run the business side.

Tilis was one of eight general manager candidates the Panthers officially announced an interview request for back on Jan. 8. He reportedly interviewed with the organization on Jan. 15.

Jones also noted that Philadelphia Eagles assistant general manager Alec Halaby and New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown were finalists for the job.

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Giants’ Brandon Brown had second GM interview with Panthers

New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown had a second GM interview with the Carolina Panthers this week.

New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown continues to generate significant interest among teams currently seeking to find a new GM.

Brown has met with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Chargers for their vacant roles, and the Panthers have already circled back.

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports that Brown had a second GM interview with Carolina earlier this week.

As Pelissero notes, Philadelphia Eagles assistant general manager Alec Halaby has also earned back-to-back interviews, while in-house candidate Dan Morgan remains in the mix.

Carolina fired general manager Scott Fitterer on Black Monday after a 2-15 regular season. That record normally would have earned the Panthers the top pick in this year’s NFL draft, but Fitterer traded that pick to the Chicago Bears last year for the right to draft Alabama quarterback Bryce Young.

Brown, the Giants’ assistant general manager for the past two seasons under Joe Schoen, has been a rising star in the organization and it’s no surprise that he’s being considered to run an NFL front office.

Before joining the Giants, the 35-year-old Brown worked in the Eagles’ front office since 2017 in various roles.

If Brown is hired by the Panthers (or any other team), the Giants would receive two third-round selections — one in each of the next two drafts.

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Report: Dan Morgan, 2 others among those still in mix for Panthers’ GM job

Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Panthers had second interviews with multiple GM candidates this past week.

The curtain that the Carolina Panthers are keeping their general manager search behind may have opened just a bit on Saturday.

According to NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero, at least three candidates remain in the mix for the opening.

That bunch includes New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown and Philadelphia Eagles assistant general manager Alec Halaby, both of whom reportedly received second interviews this past week. Pelissero also notes that Carolina’s own assistant general manager, Dan Morgan, also remains under consideration.

Compared to their hunt for a new head coach, the Panthers have kept this quest under wraps. Outside of announcing their interview requests back on Jan. 8, the team has not provided many updates throughout the process.

Other known candidates for the position include vice president of football administration Samir Suleiman, Baltimore Ravens vice president of football administration Nick Matteo, Detroit Lions chief operating officer Mike Disner, Indianapolis Colts assistant general manager Ed Dodds, Kansas City Chiefs vice president of football operations Brandt Tilis, Las Vegas Raiders interim general manager Champ Kelly, New Orleans Saints assistant general manager Khai Harley and Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager Mike Greenberg.

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Chargers conclude interview with Brandon Brown for general manager opening

The Chargers concluded their first interview for the general manager vacancy.

The Chargers on Thursday confirmed they have interviewed Brandon Brown for their general manager position.

Brown, 35, finished his second season as the Giants assistant general manager. In his first season in the role, Brown helped GM Joe Schoen revamp their roster and helped lead New York back to the playoffs for the first time in six years.

Brown was previously with the Eagles for five seasons from 2017 to 2021. He first started as assistant director of pro scouting for two seasons. He was then promoted to director of pro scouting for two seasons. Brown finished his tenure as director of player personnel for one season.

Before his time with Philadelphia, Brown spent two seasons from 2015 to 2016 with the Colts as a scouting assistant before being promoted to advance scout.

Brown attended Fordham University, where he played defensive back while earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship and communications media management.

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Congratulations, Carolina Panthers fans. You got a twofer this time around!

Not only will the organization be on their second head-coaching hunt in as many offseasons—but, with the dismissal of Scott Fitterer, they’ll also be on the prowl for a new general manager.

Keep it here as we track each candidate throughout the process.