Tag: Chris Polian

Commanders to hire Dwaune Jones as national scout

Adam Peters is staying busy.

Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters is on a roll. Earlier on Monday, the Commanders announced the hiring of Brandon Sosna as the club’s new senior vice president of football operations. Sosna is viewed as a rising star in the NFL and comes to Washington from the Detroit Lions.

The Commanders are also reportedly hiring away David Blackburn from the Ravens to serve as the organization’s new director of player personnel.

Peters isn’t done. Neil Stratton — @InsideTheLeague on X — revealed that Washington hired Dwaune Jones as a national scout. Jones, 46, is a McLean, Va., native, played college football at Richmond and spent 12 years with the Saints as a scout, four years with the Ravens in the same role and the previous three seasons with the Falcons as the assistant director of college scouting.

The Commanders have allowed multiple members of their front office to depart as Peters reshapes the organization under his vision. Chris Polian, who served as Washington’s director of pro personnel for the past three seasons, is the latest departure. Polian heads to the Cleveland Browns, where he’ll be an advisor.

Browns hire former Commanders personnel executive Chris Polian as special advisor

The Browns are hiring a former Commanders executive, Chris Polian, as a special advisor.

As the Cleveland Browns look to continue to get better off of their 11-win season a year ago, they have added another name to their front office, hiring Chris Polian away from the Washington Commanders as a special advisor. Polian served as the Director of Pro Personnel for Washington before coming to Cleveland.

As one could have guessed from the last name, Chris is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian. He is also familiar with the Cleveland area, playing football for and graduating from John Carroll University in 1993.

Before becoming the Director of Pro Personnel for the Commanders, Polian also served in the same role with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2013-2019. He has also served as an executive scout with the Atlanta Falcons, and spent a great deal of time with his father’s old team, the Indianapolis Colts, under various roles (1998-2011).

Who will remain with the Commanders in their football operations?

Adam Peters has a lot of decisions to make regarding the current front office. Who remains?

Adam Peters being hired Friday by owner Josh Harris, takes on the responsibility to structure the front office of the football operations.

The second major concern for Peters (behind his hiring a head coach) will be those in the front office personnel. Of those currently present, whom will Peters retain and whom will he not keep, only one is a certainty. Eugene Shen (Senior VP of Football Strategy), recently hired by Harris, will remain.

Thus, the future is uncertain for Jason Wright (Team President), Martin Mayhew (General Manager), Marty Hurney (Vice President of Player Personnel), and Rob Rogers (Senior Vice President of Football Administration).

Doug Williams is certainly a question mark. Williams, during the Bruce Allen administration, possessed a couple of titles, yet even Williams talked of how he was not even involved in something as major as the 2018 trade that brought quarterback Alex Smith to Washington.

Williams was given a vague title of a personnel executive, which was the first red flag. Then Williams, in 2017, was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Player Personnel. But again Williams often provided vague answers when before the press, which sometimes were more revealing than informative.

When Ron Rivera became the coach-centric administrator of football operations, Williams was moved out of player personnel entirely into player development. After one season, he then became a “senior advisor to Jason Wright.”

The entire player personnel department might be in question. 11 scouts and a player personnel assistant are currently employed, while the department is headed by Eric Stokes (Senior Director of Player Personnel), Chris Polian (Director of Pro Personnel) and Tim Gribble (Director of College Personnel).

Washington hires Chris Polian as new Director of Pro Personnel

Washington announced another front-office move on Monday, hiring Chris Polian, the son of Bill Polian, to direct Pro Personnel.

The Washington Football Team has made another front office move, announcing the hiring of Chris Polian as the new director of pro personnel with the team.

For anyone who thinks that name sounds familiar, Polian is the son of Hall of Fame NFL executive Bill Polian, who was a general manager in the league for years, most notably with the Indianapolis Colts.

Chris Polian worked in the front office for the Jacksonville Jaguars for the better part of the last decade, and has a lot of scouting experience. Polian will now serve in the role that was vacated by Eric Stokes once he got promoted.

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Report: Director of Player Personnel Chris Polian no longer with Jags’ front office

In addition to having two vacant coaching it appears the Jacksonville will have an opening to fill in the front office, too. According to Neil Stratton of Inside the League, the team has moved on from Director of Player Personnel Chris Polian, …

In addition to having two vacant coaching it appears the Jacksonville will have an opening to fill in the front office, too. According to Neil Stratton of Inside the League, the team has moved on from Director of Player Personnel Chris Polian, leaving the position vacant at the moment.

As of this moment, Polian isn’t listed on the Jags’ staff page and the direct URL to his bio is invalid. He also is listed as the Jags’ “former” Director of Player Personnel by Professional Sports Representation Inc., which is the agency he’s signed to.

Polian was hired by the Jags organization May 2, 2013 after spending the previous year with the Atlanta Falcons where he build a good relationship with general manager Dave Caldwell, who was the team’s Director of College Scouting at the time.

Polian is most known for his time as the Indianapolis Colts’ general manager (2009-2011) under his father, Bill Polian, who was the team’s president. The team went 14-2 and 10-6 in his first two years, but was only able to win two games in 2011. Ultimately, that caused owner Jim Irsay to move on from both after the 2011 season.