Ryan Cowden’s new title received’t match simply on his enterprise card, however he’s on board to assist his good friend, Giants GM Joe Schoen, attempt to construct a winner in New York.
Cowden, 44, previously of the Tennessee Titans, has joined the Giants as particular advisor to the final supervisor, the crew introduced Thursday.
He and Schoen labored collectively as scouting assistants and space scouts for the Carolina Panthers from 2000-07.
They each interviewed for the Giants GM emptiness final yr. The job went to Schoen, Brandon Beane’s assistant GM in Buffalo, and never Cowden, who was coming into his fifth season as VP of participant personnel beneath then-Titans GM Jon Robinson.
The Giants then beat Cowden’s Titans in Nashville in Week 1 in Schoen’s first common season sport as an NFL GM on Sept. 11, 2022.
The dramatic 21-20 comeback victory was led by Saquon Barkley, who’s at present declining to signal his franchise tag tender on account of his need for a longer-term and extra profitable deal.
Cowden labored seven seasons for the Titans, the primary two as director of participant personnel, to assist construct Tennessee Into an AFC contender.
In his most up-to-date position, he oversaw the Titans’ total scouting division, each faculty and professional.
His Titans have been constructed, curiously sufficient, round a operating again: Derrick Henry, a 2016 second-round decide. Safety Kevin Byard and deal with Jack Conklin additionally have been essential picks in Robinson’s first draft.
Coach Mike Vrabel arrived in 2018. Robinson traded for quarterback Ryan Tannehill and picked huge receiver A.J. Brown and DT Jeffrey Simmons in 2019. And the Titans reached the AFC Championship Game that yr, earlier than successful the AFC South back-to-back in 2020 and 2021 with a mixed common season document of 23-10.
The Giants borrowed closely from these Titans groups, bringing security Logan Ryan, nook Adoree Jackson and defensive deal with Austin Johnson to the Big Apple a number of years again. Only Jackson stays on the roster.
The Titans’ drafting slipped lately, although, together with the 2020 first-round number of deal with Isaiah Wilson, a bust that the Giants inexplicably added and saved round for a bit in 2021.
Robinson then unwisely traded Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles final offseason. Tennessee had its first sub-.500 season (7-10) in Robinson’s and Cowden’s tenure, and Robinson was fired in December, which elevated Cowden to interim GM.
He held that title till Tennessee employed Ran Carthon, the San Francisco 49ers’ director of professional personnel, as their new GM in mid-January.
Eventually in May it turned clear Cowden was undoubtedly not going to stay in Tennessee.
His title with the Giants suggests he’s nonetheless being paid by the Titans and that it may evolve as he works with Schoen, director of participant personnel Tim McDonnell, director of professional scouting Chris Rossetti and assistant director of participant personnel Dennis Hickey.
In addition to Cowden, the Giants additionally introduced the hiring of scouting assistant Isaiah Wingfield, a Harvard graduate (economics) and former first-team All-Ivy League defensive again who performed his final two seasons at Wake Forest as a graduate switch.
Wingfield, a local of Burlington, N.J., was a three-year starter at The Lawrenceville School earlier than his standout NCAA profession and now will name East Rutherford his new skilled residence.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com