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The Minnesota Vikings<\/a> will remain busy after the 2026 NFL Draft, as the team will begin its search for a general manager, a position currently occupied by Rob Brzezinski, the team\u2019s executive vice president of football operations, on an interim basis. <\/p>\n After Minnesota decided to fire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah in January, the Vikings opted to hold off on a search to fill the position until after the draft, which begins on April 23. <\/p>\n The draft will end after Day 3 on April 25, and that\u2019s when the Vikings\u2019 search for a new general manager will begin. Minnesota Star Tribune\u2019s Chip Scoggins shared his thoughts on the situation, which will pick up steam in a few days, and even floated the idea of Brzezinski keeping the job permanently. <\/p>\n \u201cI do think harmony is a big quality for the Wilfs,\u201d Scoggins said on the April 21 edition of \u201cPurple Daily.\u201d<\/a> \u201cI think they value that. They talk about it a lot: Collaboration, different departments getting along and not having dysfunction, and I want to address this thought that Rob\u2019s not a football guy. <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got to have a football guy in there. He\u2019s worked for that organization for however many years. You think he hasn\u2019t sat in a lot of personnel meetings? He has. He\u2019s in there all the time. <\/p>\n \u201cTo say he\u2019s not a football guy, maybe he didn\u2019t play in the NFL<\/a>, maybe he doesn\u2019t come from a coaching or scouting background, but it\u2019s not like he hasn\u2019t been around football for the last two decades and knows what works. <\/p>\n \u201cI think he does a good job of bringing the personnel and coaching sides together because Rob has a good personality, and everybody likes and respects him in that building. I absolutely think it could work.\u201d<\/p>\n Could Kevin O\u2019Connell Want Rob Brzezinski to Stay as GM?<\/p>\n Moreover, Scoggins believes that Vikings head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell wouldn\u2019t mind working with Brzezinski if the Wilfs decided to offer him the job permanently.<\/p>\n \u201cYou could just tell by the way O\u2019Connell talked how much he appreciates the way Rob leads. I guarantee if the Wilfs go to him, he\u2019s going to say, \u2018I like Rob a lot. It worked. This whole process was smooth. We got along. He did what you want in terms of collaboration.\u2019 That\u2019s not to say the Wilfs aren\u2019t going to interview other people.<\/p>\n \u201cI assume they will, and they should. But I think you know what the bar is. That person has to beat this. In terms of being a football guy or not, I just think that\u2019s overblown. If he gets the job, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to be a huge factor.\u201d<\/p>\n Vikings Insider Gives Update on GM Search<\/p>\n In an article published on April 2<\/a>, Kevin Seifert of ESPN provided an update on the team\u2019s search and whether the Vikings have a clear candidate for this job.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Wilf also laid out a process that would cast a wide net, including hiring a third party to help cull the list of candidates,\u201c Seifert wrote. \u201cA small group of existing staffers will assist in the process. That\u00a0is expected\u00a0to include O\u2019Connell, who has a strong relationship with Brzezinski, as well as chief operating officer Andrew Miller, who led the committee that hired Adofo-Mensah.<\/p>\n \u201cWilf said the process would be \u2018ownership-driven,\u2018 but the degree to which O\u2019Connell or Miller play a leading role could well tip the scales in the Wilfs\u2019 final decision. Regardless, many NFL teams enter a GM or coach search with a preferred candidate in mind. In this case, the Vikings clearly do not have one.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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