BREAKING: Down to 2 for Viking's GM job?

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https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/...4073453580

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Making progress, or so it seems, I like it. I was getting rather bored with all of the folks we have spoken with. Let's do some damn hiring 

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Give me the player personnel guy, but he better leave Bienemy in KC

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@"supafreak84" said:
Give me the player personnel guy, but he better leave Bienemy in KC

or the media must riot and run Bienemy out of town

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IMO, its Ryan Poles's job to lose. I think that he did have an 'impressive' first interview as reported with Minnesota. I don't see how a team is going to hire a 32 year old analytics nerd for the GM spot with Adofo-Mensah. Poles is on a Superbowl winning organization, has seen Andy Reid (a great offensive coach) at work. 

https://twitter.com/ChadGraff/status/148...0773809156

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Courtney Cronin

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The Vikings wanted to interview a host of candidates with different backgrounds, and that’s certainly reflected in their two finalists for the GM job. Ryan Poles’ strengths on the personnel side and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s background as a commodities trader with an economics degree

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coupled with his work in analytics/research in various front office roles will make the Vikings choose one of two paths when they hire a GM. Either can work - choosing someone who has more of an evaluation/scouting background or someone who is heavy in processes/analytics.

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https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/...3310508045

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This might explain the very limited, one, interviews for Bieniemy so far.

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https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/meet...iew-chiefs

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Will Ragatz

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If the #Vikings hire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their GM, I wouldn't be surprised to see DeMeco Ryans chosen as their head coach. The two overlapped in San Francisco from 2017-19.

If the Vikings hire Ryan Poles, I'd imagine Eric Bienemy will at least get an interview.

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Will Ragatz

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Both GM candidates could obviously also want somebody entirely different at HC. But those connections are at least worth noting.

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Will Ragatz

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Poles also has potential connections to former Chiefs OCs Brian Daboll and Doug Pederson, as well as Brian Flores from his Boston College days.