Are the Washington Commanders now in on every deal?
As first reported by Ben Standig of The Athletic on Monday morning, the Commanders are hiring former Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer to their front office. Per Standig, Fitterer will serve as a personnel executive under the organization’s first-year general manager Adam Peters.
Before heading Carolina’s front office, Fitterer spent two decades working behind the scenes for the Seattle Seahawks. The Seattle native served as an area scout from 2001 to 2010, the director of college scouting from 2011 to 2014, the co-director of player personnel from 2015 to 2019 and the vice president of football operations in 2020.
Fitterer would then officially land the Panthers’ general-manager gig on Jan. 14, 2021. His three-year tenure included an exodus of top-tier talent—as the team failed to hold on to the likes of running Christian McCaffrey, wide receiver DJ Moore, outside linebacker Haason Reddick and cornerback Stephon Gilmore.
The Panthers, who went combined 14-37 since his hiring, fired Fitterer following the 2023 campaign.
