Kansas City Chiefs front office executive Ryan Poles will get a second interview with the New York Giants for their general manager vacancy.
According to a report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, after interviewing with the Giants last week, Poles has made it to the second round of interviews. New York interviewed a whopping nine candidates last week, and they’ve whittled things down to their finalists in the search, where they’ll conduct in-person interviews.
Poles joins Buffalo Bills assistant GM Joe Schoen as the two finalists to get to this round of the interview process. It’s unclear if they will interview more candidates a second time, but Schoen appears to be the main competition for Poles in this job.
#Chiefs executive director of player personnel Ryan Poles is expected to have a second interview for the #Giants GM job, per sources.
So, that makes two finalists in New York: #Bills assistant GM Joe Schoen and Poles, who also was a finalist in Carolina a year ago.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 18, 2022
Poles has spent over a decade in Kansas City, surviving three front-office regimes during his time with the Chiefs. He began his career as a scouting assistant under Scott Pioli and worked his way up. He was Director of College Scouting under John Dorsey and most recently holds the title of Executive Director of Player Personnel under Brett Veach.
A big reason why Poles is appealing to the Giants brass is that he can fix their offensive line situation. A former college left guard for Matt Ryan at Boston College, Poles played a big part in the Chiefs’ offensive line rebuild this past season. He was instrumental in the team’s decision to draft Creed Humphrey, who has seen a seamless transition to the NFL.
Chiefs fans should be rooting for Poles to get an opportunity with the Giants. Not only is he deserving of the opportunity, but his departure could help the team in the next two NFL drafts. If Poles becomes the next GM for New York, under the NFL’s new system for developing minority coaches and personnel executives, Kansas City will be compensated with third-round compensatory picks in each of the next two drafts for his departure.
