Mr. Scot

Based on his bio, I'd say Cunningham is legitimately qualified regardless of other factors. Still think Morgan has the inside track though.

The only place Luke's going is fishing.

Possible. Heck, Morgan didn't jump straight back into football but he wound up there. I do think it's very likely though that Kuechly might be burned out. The workaholic types frequently do, and Luke was a super workaholic. He's been busting his ass for the past what, 12 years now? Some guys just get to a point where they don't love what they do as much as they used to.

Yeah, that's pretty consistent with what we've heard before about the Panthers under Richardson. He definitely valued loyalty over ability, and you saw where that got us. If others are vouching for Allen, I'm okay. But I also wouldn't be terribly surprised if he, Jeff Morrow or both wound up replaced. Morrow especially because he and Pat Stewart are basically doing the same job. And I'd like to think we're gonna put somebody solely in charge of college scouting again.

He reportedly resigned back before free agency even started. I don't really think there's any intrigue to it, honestly. He probably just needs a break.

They seem to be working on it.

As a backup or a starter? If you're talking about him as a backup, that's reasonable. Starter? Lord, no!

Here' our personnel department as it was up till today. General Manager - Scott Fitterer Assistant GM - None (TBD) Executive Director of Player Personnel - Jeff Morrow Director of Player Personnel - Pat Stewart Director of Pro Personnel - Matt Allen (Jerry Richardson's grandson) Assistant Director of Pro Personnel - Rob Hanrahan Pro Scout - James Blanchard Pro Scout - Luke Kuechly (resigned) College Scout - Jeff Beathard (Bobby's grandson) College Scout - Jonathan Fields College Scout - Robert Haines College Scout - Mike Martin (getting a promotion with the Lions) College Scout - Eli Montague College Scout - Joel Patten BLESTO Scout - Lee McNeil If you're wondering why we have a Director of Player Personnel and an Executive Director of Player Personnel, good question. I could see that changing. Likewise, if you're wondering why we have no Director or assistant Director of College Scouting, no idea but I won't be surprised if that changes also.

Yeah, this is bullsh-t. No, he's not.

Taylor Rajack, yep.

Not the only typo in that bio, either.

He already was. That's what he's walking away from.

The Assistant GM hire is probably not going to be the only change made to the staff.

I got stuck for months with a Bucs avatar and a signature that said The Notebook was my favorite movie.

And you know Luke would never half ass it. Lord knows he's been consumed by football for a pretty good portion of his life. A break might not be a bad idea.

Hate to sound cynical, but as a minority candidate, Cunningham would satisfy the Rooney Rule. The league does now require that senior executive positions fall under the rule as well as head coaching jobs.

David Newton is reporting that this actually happened before free agency started. It has been confirmed that it's not health related.

The majority of Cunningham's experience has been with the Ravens. That's a plus. The Eagles made him their Director of College Scouting in 2017. He was promoted to Assistant Director of Player Personnel two years later. All that said, I'd be shocked out of my socks if the job went to anybody but Morgan. He and Fitterer have too much history. Morgan considers him a friend and a mentor.

Reading between the lines, it sounds like he's not staying in football, at least for now. It's kind of understandable. Somebody who throws themselves into a job as hard as Luke does could pretty easily burn themselves out.

Cunningham's bio from the Eagles website... Prior to joining the Eagles staff, Cunningham spent the first nine years of his NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens. In Baltimore, Cunningham worked with Eagles vice president of player personnel Andy Weidl, as well as former Eagles vice president of player personnel and current New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas. Cunningham joined the Ravens as a player personnel assistant in 2008 and was promoted to southeast area scout in 2013. In his final four seasons with the Ravens, Cunningham was primarily responsible for scouting schools in the Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference. Cunningham earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Virginia in 2017 and went on to earn a master's education in 2008. A former offensive lineman, he started 20 games for the Cavaliers during his collegiate football career and earned honorable mention freshman All-American honors from Rivals.com and ACC All-Freshman Team recognition from The Sporting News. A standout offensive and defensive lineman at Hebron High School in Carrollton, TX, Cunningham earned numerous all-state and all-area honors as a senior. Front Office: Ian Cunningham

That's where we got Pat Stewart from. I'm looking up Cunningham.

Can't find any details. This is as close as I've seen and I'm not sure he actually knows anything. Edit: Someone above asked Voth

Two candidates so far... Albert Breer also mentioned that Ryan Poles of the Chiefs, previously a candidate for the GM job, might be interviewed for this position as well. No official word on that just yet.

Word now that they're also asking to interview Ian Cunningham, the other candidate that Breer mentioned.

I'm not sure that can happen. He'd still technically have a contract.