Ray Anderson a Front Office Candidate?
From Len Pasquerelli on the Niners Front Office Postion Search:
The names most often floated this week in the Bay Area for a job whose title likely will be president of football operations: current Seattle vice president Mike Reinfelt; former Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans president Jeff Diamond; and Joe Mendes, who is now out of the NFL but once held key front-office posts with the New England Patriots and Washington Redskins, among others.
But here's another name to strongly consider: Atlanta Falcons executive vice president and chief administrative officer Ray Anderson.
Although he has apparently flown beneath the radar in the Bay Area, ESPN.com has learned that Anderson recently met with York and Nolan for 10 hours. Anderson's name recently was mentioned as well as a potential candidate for the team presidency in Cleveland, but it now appears Browns owner Randy Lerner has decided not to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of John Collins two weeks ago. At least not for now.
A one-time player agent who also represented high-profile NFL and college head coaches, Anderson moved into the Falcons' front office in 2002, and knows the ropes from both sides of the negotiating table. Anderson has a diverse background and possesses the kind of consensus-building skills that should be attractive to the 49ers' brass. An added plus: Anderson is well-known and highly regarded in the Bay Area, where he lettered three times in football and twice in baseball at Stanford University.
The names most often floated this week in the Bay Area for a job whose title likely will be president of football operations: current Seattle vice president Mike Reinfelt; former Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans president Jeff Diamond; and Joe Mendes, who is now out of the NFL but once held key front-office posts with the New England Patriots and Washington Redskins, among others.
But here's another name to strongly consider: Atlanta Falcons executive vice president and chief administrative officer Ray Anderson.
Although he has apparently flown beneath the radar in the Bay Area, ESPN.com has learned that Anderson recently met with York and Nolan for 10 hours. Anderson's name recently was mentioned as well as a potential candidate for the team presidency in Cleveland, but it now appears Browns owner Randy Lerner has decided not to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of John Collins two weeks ago. At least not for now.
A one-time player agent who also represented high-profile NFL and college head coaches, Anderson moved into the Falcons' front office in 2002, and knows the ropes from both sides of the negotiating table. Anderson has a diverse background and possesses the kind of consensus-building skills that should be attractive to the 49ers' brass. An added plus: Anderson is well-known and highly regarded in the Bay Area, where he lettered three times in football and twice in baseball at Stanford University.
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