Daily News | What the Eagles’ front office promotions mean for assistant GMs Alec Halaby and Jon Ferrari
The Eagles announced a vast restructuring of their front office to account for recent notable departures, but also to reflect the changing landscape of football operations and scouting in the NFL and to potentially to protect them from other teams poaching their talent.
Neither comes from a traditional football background, particularly as it relates to player evaluation. He brought in Brandon Hunt from the Steelers to be director of scouting, Charles Walls from the Browns to be director of player personnel and promoted director of college scouting Alan Wolking also to director of player personnel.
The same applied to Weidl. He won’t have final say in Pittsburgh. New GM Omar Khan will. But Khan also comes from the business side, and Weidl may presumably have more influence over personnel decisions. Returning to his hometown and to the franchise he first worked for likely also played a role in his leaving.