{"id":25983,"date":"2025-01-13T21:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25983"},"modified":"2025-01-13T21:41:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:41:31","slug":"breaking-the-patriots-are-expected-to-add-giants-executive-ryan-cowden-to-their-front-office-in-a-personnel-related-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25983","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: the Patriots are expected to add Giants executive Ryan Cowden to their front office in a personnel related role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Giants executive <strong>Ryan Cowden<\/strong> is joining the Patriots\u2019 front office to reunite with new head coacch Mike Vrabel, per NFL Network\u2019s Mike Garafolo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Cowden was the executive advisor to Giants general manager<strong> Joe Schoen<\/strong> for the last two years, but the team let him out of his contract so he can pursue this new opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Cowden is expected to be the \u201cde facto No. 2\u201d to Patriots general manager <strong>Eliot Wolf<\/strong>, per Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer, with a title \u201calong the lines of VP of player personnel.\u201d He began his front office career as a scouting assistant for the Panthers in 2000 and worked his way up to assistant director of college scouting by his departure in 2015. Cowden was then hired by the Titans to be the director of player personnel and was promoted to vice president when Vrabel came on as Tennessee\u2019s head coach in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>After the Titans fired GM <strong>Jon Robinson<\/strong> during the 2022 season, Cowden finished out the year on an interim basis. He was Vrabel\u2019s preferred choice to take over the front office, but the Titans went with <strong>Ron Carthon<\/strong> instead. Not only did that lead to Cowden\u2019s departure from Tennessee, it also raised tensions between Vrabel and the rest of the Titans\u2019 leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, Cowden and Vrabel are reunited in New England where they hope to turn around years of post-<strong>Tom Brady<\/strong> stagnation. The Patriots have a few promising players on each side of the ball, including recent first-rounders <strong>Drake Maye<\/strong> and <strong>Christian Gonzalez<\/strong>, but most of the roster needs a facelift as does a culture that lacked accountability and vision from <strong>Jerod Mayo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article first appeared on Pro Football Rumors and was syndicated with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giants executive Ryan Cowden is joining the Patriots\u2019 front office to reunite with new head coacch Mike Vrabel, per NFL Network\u2019s Mike Garafolo. 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