Minnesota Vikings Executive Interviewing For Rams General Manager Position

by Christopher Gates on Jan 30, 2012 3:05 PM CST in Minnesota Vikings 2012 Off-Season

Talk about headlines I didn't think I'd be typing this off-season.

But, as it turns out, Minnesota Vikings Director of Player Personnel George Paton is interviewing today for the General Manager position with the St. Louis Rams. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch broke the news via the Twitter this morning.

2011 was Paton's fifth season as the Vikings' Director of Player Personnel. Prior to that, he spent six seasons as the Director of Pro Personnel for the Miami Dolphins, and (presumably) worked with current Vikings' General Manager Rick Spielman.

Oh, and apparently his name is pronounced "Payton" rather than "Patton." So, all my potential jokes about riding with the Third Army in North Africa are write out.

While becoming the General Manager of a National Football League franchise is obviously a step up, it would remain to be seen exactly how much power Paton (or anyone else the Rams would hire) would actually wield. The Rams hired former Tennessee Titans' head coach Jeff Fisher to be their new head coach a couple of weeks ago, and the prevailing logic is that he would have the majority of the power when it comes to personnel decisions and things of that nature.

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If I was him

I would lie and say it is pronounced like Patton

"You can write articles and do whatever you want, you can break down every player. Good, bad or ugly. But we just aren't good enough as a team, as a group. Offensively, defensively and special teams, from the No. 1 on the roster to the last man on the roster. We just aren't good enough. It's as simple as that." - Chad Greenway

by Grape Drank on Jan 30, 2012 3:19 PM CST reply actions

in all fairness

i feel like i could be a better director of personell. i mean, how much skill can it take to realize tarvaris jackson sucks?

by statue_left on Jan 30, 2012 3:49 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions

Brad Childress

Is confused by this post.

by Jepp The Viking on Jan 30, 2012 4:13 PM CST up reply actions

in all fairness to Chilly, Paton, Foley, etc.

the QB class of 06 pretty much sucked. Only 2 of them (TJack and Cutler) were day one starters in the NFL in 2012.

"At this point, what we got to lose, right? So we might as well throw caution to the wind and hit people in the face."
--Vikings DE Jared Allen

by NMVike on Jan 30, 2012 4:16 PM CST up reply actions

Since the Rams draft ahead of the Vikings ...

Could this indirectly affect the draft?? Knowledge is power.

by vking1 on Jan 30, 2012 5:19 PM CST reply actions

I doubt it

the Rams have different needs than the Vikings. Flubbing up the draft to get someone you don’t need, leaving your own holes empty, just so someone else in a different division won’t pick someone should be a pretty good way of getting fired and never getting hired into that position again.

by Chris3 on Jan 30, 2012 5:26 PM CST up reply actions