Former Green Bay Packers’ personnel exec John Dorsey appears to be getting the band back together with the Cleveland Browns. After poaching senior personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith a week ago, Dorsey is looking to poach (former?) director of football operations Eliot Wolf as well.
Wolf will reportedly interview with the Browns on Tuesday.
The Packers’ new general manager, Brian Gutekunst, has said he wants to keep Wolf, but he also said he wouldn’t block him from pursuing other opportunities. The 35-year-old Wolf can’t be happy that the Packers passed him over for the general manager position. His father certainly was not.
The most interesting development has to be that the Packers named former director of player finance Russ Ball director of football operations. Although that’s just a promotion in terms of title and, we assume, salary, it’s obviously the title that Wolf had.
As far as we know, you can’t have two directors of football operations. So if Wolf remains in Green Bay, he’s likely being demoted. Gutekunst could name him assistant general manager, something the Packers have never had. In Cleveland, he’s likely also taking a demotion, however. It has already been said that Highsmith will be the assistant general manager. Dorsey could make Wolf director of football operations there, but that’s a lateral move to a franchise that’s won one game in two years.
So like we said before, where does Wolf want to bide his time until he gets the inevitable general manager offer for another club?