Forbes top 10 NFL GMs

[Bonecrusher#31]

Forbes top 10 NFL GMs
10. Bill Polian
Indianapolis Colts

Three-year record: 39-9
Playoff appearances: 3
Super Bowl appearances: 1
Super Bowl titles: none
Total salary spent: $297.4 million (No. 28)

Officially team president but also effectively doubling as GM (a post his son Chris takes over this year), Polian has presided over a true juggernaut in Indy.



9. Jerry Reese
New York Giants

Three-year record: 30-18
Playoff appearances: 2
Super Bowl appearances: 1
Super Bowl titles: 1
Total salary spent: $329.2 million (No. 15)

Despite their market size, the Giants aren't always among the league's top spenders. Reese's 2007 draft class, which included Ahmad Bradshaw and Kevin Boss, was particularly fruitful.


8. Scott Pioli
Kansas City Chiefs (from New England Patriots)

Three-year record: 31-17
Playoff appearances: 1
Super Bowl appearances: 1
Super Bowl titles: none
Total salary spent: $292.9 million (No. 29)

Pioli, son-in-law of Bill Parcells, played a huge role in New England's 2000s dynasty as director of player personnel, a gig he parlayed into the Chiefs GM job last season. He immediately traded for quarterback Matt Cassel, formerly Tom Brady's backup in New England. The Chiefs improved by two games to 4-12; time will tell whether he completes the rebuilding job.


7. Kevin Colbert
Pittsburgh Steelers

Three-year record: 31-17
Playoff appearances: 2
Super Bowl appearances: 1
Super Bowl titles: 1
Total salary spent: $354.7 million (No. 4)

The Pittsburgh native built a Super Bowl winner for his hometown; before that he helped the Detroit Lions to five playoff appearances in 10 seasons as a scout.


6. A. J. Smith
San Diego Chargers

Three-year record: 32-16
Playoff appearances: 3
Super Bowl appearances: none
Super Bowl titles: none
Total salary spent: $329.6 million (No. 13)

He let 2010 Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees get away to the Saints, but Smith's drafts and dealings over the past seven years have yielded Philip Rivers, Shawn Merriman, Antonio Gates and Antonio Cromartie.


5, Ted Thompson
Green Bay Packers

Three-year record: 30-18
Playoff appearances: 2
Super Bowl appearances: none
Super Bowl titles: none
Total salary spent: $306.3 million (No. 23)


Brett Favre may have shown he can still do it with the Vikings last year, but the Pack has moved on pretty well behind QB Aaron Rodgers, who Thompson drafted in the first round in 2005.


4. Jerry Jones
Dallas Cowboys

Three-year record: 33-15
Playoff appearances: 2
Super Bowl appearances: none
Super Bowl titles: none
Total salary spent: $344.5 million (No. 7)

An owner that acts as his own GM is generally called a "meddler." But Jones, a former star lineman at the University of Arkansas, knows his football. Despite periodic controversies over the years, he's won a lot.


3. Mike Reinfeldt
Tennessee Titans

Three-year record: 31-17
Playoff appearances: 2
Super Bowl appearances: none
Super Bowl titles: none
Total salary spent: $332.1 million (No. 11)

A former Houston Oilers safety and an executive in Green Bay and Seattle, Reinfeldt has quietly put a solid record together in Tennessee since 2007.

2. Mickey Loomis
New Orleans Saints

Three-year record: 28-20
Playoff appearances: 1
Super Bowl appearances: 1
Super Bowl titles: 1
Total salary spent: $363.5 million (No. 2)

Loomis has worked with high payrolls, but a Super Bowl title goes a long way


1. Rob Brzezinski
Minnesota Vikings

Three-year record: 30-18
Playoff appearances: 2
Super Bowl appearances: none
Super Bowl titles: none
Total salary spent: $325.4 million (No. 16)

Working with an outdated stadium and limited revenue, Brzezinski has managed to keep the Vikings above water with just two losing seasons in his eight years as GM.


http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/24/fo...orts-nfl-football-valuations-10-managers.html

 

[Cr122]

No Ozzie Newsome in the top ten?

Ridiculous.

 

[sbk92]

No Ozzie Newsome in the top ten?

Ridiculous.

That is like a 4 year old child put it together.

Bill Polian is a worse GM than Jerry Jones? You should have your life taken away from you, it's that dumb.

Wake me up the next time a top 10 GM has to hire an all timer to clean up his decade long mess for him.

 

[Cr122]

That is like a 4 year old child put it together.

Bill Polian is a worse GM than Jerry Jones? You should have your life taken away from you, it's that dumb.

Wake me up the next time a top 10 GM has to hire an all timer to clean up his decade long mess for him.

Yeah, I disagree with a lot of it.

Polian is definitely better than Jones, and that's just being flat out honest.

And not seeing Newsome on there is just plain dumb. I don't see four GMs that I think should be on that list.