A prerequisite for being a successful NFL general manager is the ability to carefully oversee a team's finances, ensuring the franchise doesn't run into salary-cap issues.
That means on occasion having to make hard choices about which players to pay and which not to pay—precisely the kind of decision a league insider such as Dianna Russini may write about for The Athletic.
Russini shared a hilarious story Friday on The Dan Le Batard Show from a recent back-and-forth with a general manager that all started by her 2-year-old kid stealing her phone.