Five potential Patriots GMs who could replace Bill Belichick originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO — The Patriots have their next head coach. But will their general manager opening be filled with similar alacrity?
League sources expect a true general manager search ahead for Robert and Jonathan Kraft as they move forward without Bill Belichick, and there are several candidates who are believed to have interest.
After conversations with several league sources, here are some of the most intriguing possibilities to head up New England’s personnel department.
Mike Borgonzi, Chiefs assistant general manager
While sources believe it’ll be important for the Kraft family to have a pre-existing relationship with their next general manager, and while Borgonzi has not worked for the Patriots in the past, he does have ties to New England.
He worked under former Patriots executive Scott Pioli in Kansas City and therefore would be familiar with the Patriots grading scale when it comes to player acquisition. He’s also an Everett, Mass. native and played fullback at Brown.
Having functioned in a key role with the league’s most successful organization of the last five years — an organization that has succeeded thanks in large part to strong drafting and savvy free-agent additions — Borgonzi would provide a fresh perspective that the Krafts likely would hold in high esteem.
Trey Brown, Bengals senior personnel executive
Brown worked for the Patriots from 2010-2012 as a scouting assistant and area scout, crossing over with Mayo in New England. The two have an established relationship, and indications are Mayo views Brown as a future general manager.
Brown also has worked under Howie Roseman in Philadelphia and has handled a variety of duties — duties that have ratcheted up since he arrived in 2021 — in Cincinnati for what is largely considered an undermanned personnel office that asks a lot of its scouts.
Having chipped in on one of the league’s top offenses (when Joe…
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Publish date : 2024-01-12 17:12:44
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