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Ian Cunningham named favorite ‘future GM to watch’ from anonymous agent survey originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The Athletic recently surveyed 31 anonymous NFL agents to gather data on trending league topics.
Of those topics, the survey asked agents who in the NFL is a “future general manager to watch”? Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham received glowing reviews as the top pick in the category. (He garnered four votes from 31 responses, the top number of votes.)
“Ian Cunningham is a great talent evaluator,” an anonymous agent told The Athletic. “He’s fair with agents, not rigid. He comes off like he’s one of us, not some snob. Has an excellent demeanor for the top job.”
“Cunningham is so level-headed that he finds young evaluators and thinkers to build up his staff,” another agent said.
Cunningham has interviewed for general manager positions with the Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans and Los Angeles Chargers in the past two years. He’s failed to lock down one of those GM positions. But he’s due for the keys to his own team soon.
“It feels great in the sense that this is what I’ve worked for my entire life and career,” Cunningham told The Athletic. “Knowing what I’ve wanted to do since I was in middle school, high school and setting that goal for myself. … Realizing I’m on the cusp of that, I’m extremely fortunate to have the interviews in which I’ve had and the opportunities in which I’ve had. I just view it as just keep chopping, and it’ll happen in the right time.”
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Like his partner Ryan Poles, Cunningham was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chiefs coming out of college. But he soon realized his professional football career likely wouldn’t take him far, unless he was in the front office.
According to The Athletic, Cunningham’s college coach, Al Groh, went to work on his behalf trying to get him a front-office position somewhere. Within…
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Publish date : 2024-08-29 16:33:01
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