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Giants complete GM interviews with Titans’ Monti Ossenfort, Ryan Cowden

A pair of Titans executives have completed general manager interviews with the Giants.

A pair of Tennessee Titans executives have officially interviewed for the New York Giants’ general manager vacancy.

The Giants announced they have completed general manager interviews with Titans director of player personnel, Monti Ossenfort, and vice president of player personnel, Ryan Cowden.

Both interviews were done remotely. Cowden and Ossenfort were the fifth and sixth candidates to get a look, respectively.

The pair of Titans executives are both vying for a Giants general manager job that was vacated after Dave Gettleman decided to retire. There’s a lot of work to be done in New York, which includes finding a new head coach after the Giants fired Joe Judge following two disappointing seasons.

Ossenfort and Cowden both received general manager interviews last year before ultimately returning to Tennessee. Ossenfort in particular is set to have another interview with the Minnesota Vikings for their general manager job.

While it’s possible the Titans might lose one of the two, their coordinators appear to be safe for once, as neither offensive coordinator Todd Downing nor defensive coordinator Shane Bowen have gotten interview requests.

Should Cowden or Ossenfort land the Giants job, they would face their former team next season, as Tennessee is set to host New York in 2022.

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Giants request GM interviews with Titans’ Monti Ossenfort, Ryan Cowden

The Giants have reportedly requested to interview a pair of Titans execs for their vacant general manager position.

The New York Giants have put in a request to interview Tennessee Titans director of player personnel, Monti Ossenfort, and vice president of player personnel, Ryan Cowden, for their general manager opening, according to multiple reports.

The Giants began their search for a new general manager on Monday after former general manager Dave Gettleman announced his retirement.

Cowden originally joined the franchise as director of player personnel six years ago and has held his current position with the Titans since 2018.

Ossenfort, who was hired by the Titans in 2020, had been with the New England Patriots since 2003, working his way up from being a personal assistant to director of college scouting.

Ossenfort does have a connection with embattled Giants head coach Joe Judge, who was a special teams assistant and then special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach during his tenure with the Pats from 2012 through 2019.

Both Ossenfort and Cowden drew interviews for general manager vacancies in 2021, with Ossenfort getting two interviews with the Carolina Panthers, and Cowden getting one interview with the Washington Football Team.

Whether it’s Ossenfort, Cowden, or someone else vying for the job, they will have their work cut out for them, as the Giants have been a mess for years now.

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Giants GM search: Interview list up to five names

The New York Giants general manager search is off to a hot start with five names on the interview list — four from outside the organization.

Dave Gettleman unceremoniously announced his retirement on Monday, which thrust the New York Giants into a general manager search.

Led by co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch, the Giants hit the ground running. They requested interviews with Buffalo Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen and Kansas City Chiefs executive director of player personnel Ryan Poles.

It was also reported that the Giants would interview in-house assistant general manager Kevin Abrams.

But the Giants didn’t stop there. After interviewing just four candidates in 2017 prior to hiring Gettleman, the team has already requested five total interviews this time around.

In addition to Schoen, Poles and Abrams, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports that the Giants have requested interviews with Tennessee Titans vice president of player personnel Ryan Cowden and director of player personnel Monti Ossenfort.

Ossenfort is another name we’ve frequently written about in recent weeks:

Monti Ossenfort is the director of player personnel for the Titans and spent last season interviewing for general manager positions. He is an up-and-coming executive in football and has helped the Titans be one of the most dominant teams in the AFC over the past few seasons.

Ossenfort earned a second interview with the Panthers last year for the general manager position and this may be the year he finally is able to achieve that role but for the Giants.

Cowden has spent the last six seasons in Tennessee, where he began as the director of player personnel. Prior to that, he spent 16 seasons with the Carolina Panthers where he crossed paths with Dave Gettleman. He climbed the ladder from area scout to director of college scouting.

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GM candidates the Giants could consider if they fire Dave Gettleman

With the New York Giants likely to part ways with general manager Dave Gettleman, here are several potential options to replace him.

The New York Giants are likely to move on from general manager Dave Gettleman following the season. Whether he’s fired or retires remains to be seen but either way, Big Blue will be thrust into another GM search.

If the Giants are firm in their commitment to head coach Joe Judge, that may thin out their pool of options. It may also strengthen the likelihood of landing a new GM that has previous ties to Judge.

Is that good or bad? We’ll let you decide.

With a GM swap all but a certainty, here’s a look at several potential options who could replace Gettleman in 2022 and beyond.

Report: Titans’ Ryan Cowden interviewed for Washington GM job

Cowden has been with the Titans since 2016.

Another member of the Tennessee Titans’ organization is reportedly getting a look from a team looking to fill a vacancy.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Washington Football Team interviewed Titans vice president of player personnel Ryan Cowden for their general manager vacancy on Wednesday.

Cowden has been with the Titans since 2016, but prior to that he worked with Washington head coach Ron Rivera when he was with the Carolina Panthers, so there’s certainly a connection there.

Cowden is just the latest Titans executive to get a general manager interview, as director of player personnel, Monti Ossenfort, has gotten a pair of interviews for the Panthers’ general manager vacancy.

And, of course, Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith continues to be a hot head-coaching candidate and has interviewed with almost every team that has an opening. His departure appears to be inevitable.

You can follow along with the tracker below for all of the latest updates on Smith’s interviews.

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Report: Washington requests interview with Titans VP Ryan Cowden for GM position

Washington has formally requested an interview with Tennessee Titans VP of Player Personnel to potentially fill their vacant GM spot.

According to a report from NBC Sports Washington’s JP Finlay, the Washington Football Team has formally requested an interview with Ryan Cowden, the Tennessee Titans VP of Player Personnel.

Washington is interviewing Cowden to fill their General Manager role, which has been vacant since Ron Rivera took over as the head coach just over a year ago.

According to Finlay, Cowden has been in Tennessee since 2016, but he has a connection to Rivera after working with the Carolina Panthers in the years prior. With the Panthers, Cowden served as the Assistant Director of College Scouting.

After a season full of a coaching staff change in Washington, the only major hire to be made this offseason is at the GM position, where there are a number of candidates who are thought to be in the running. Among them are current Washington VP of Player Personnel, Kyle Smith, and former Carolina Panthers GM Marty Hurney.

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Titans’ Jon Robinson voted as one of most trusted GMs

Jon Robinson is having the best week ever.

In a recent survey asking the opinions of NFL agents, Tennessee Titans general manager Jon Robinson received a vote as one of the most trusted general managers in the NFL.

The results of the survey were courtesy of Ben Standig of The Athletic, who asked 30 agents their opinions on front office executives. Robinson was one of 19 general managers to get a vote as the most trusted general manager.

This is good for the Titans, as it shows Robinson does business in good faith, which can sometimes help land talent in free agency.

Another Titans executive mentioned in this survey was Vice President of player personnel, Ryan Cowden. He received a vote as a future GM to watch.

Overall, Robinson is having a pretty good week. On Wednesday, he signed running back Derrick Henry to a four-year, $50 million contract extension. The deal was widely praised as a good one for Tennessee in an age when giving running backs big money can be risky.

But the contract was also great for optics. It shows the Titans are taking care of their players who most deserve it, something that can be an attractive trait for future free agents considering Tennessee.

It also further proved Robinson’s trustworthiness after he delivered on his stated desire to keep the team’s best player for the long haul.

Since taking over in Tennessee in 2016, the Titans have kept moving in the right direction under Robinson’s leadership.

Yes, the team hasn’t done better than 9-7 in any of the four seasons, but they have made the playoffs twice and won three postseason games in that span, something a lot of NFL franchises can’t say.

That’s a far cry from where this team was in the two seasons prior to Robinson taking over.

In 2019, the team that Robinson has built Tennessee took a huge step in the right direction by making a deep playoff run all the way to the AFC Championship Game.

The only reason the Titans even had a chance to do that was because of the move Robinson made to bring in Ryan Tannehill, who started out the season as a backup but eventually became the starter and elevated the offense.

And the countless sensational draft picks Robinson has made (See: Derrick Henry, Kevin Byard, A.J. Brown, Jayon Brown, Jeffery Simmons, and many more) help make up a young and talented roster that has the Titans set up for success in 2020 and beyond.

The Titans couldn’t have asked for much better than what Robinson has given them in four years. Now, all that’s left is for the franchise to deliver a Super Bowl in a season where Tennessee has realistic aspirations to do so.

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