The Minnesota Vikings find themselves in a perplexing post-draft position. They are now conducting interviews for their open GM position. At the end of January, Minnesota fired former GM Kwesi Adofo- Mensah.
In a rather unusual circumstance, the Vikings conducted their free agency and NFL Draft processes without a GM at the helm. But now that the dust has settled after the draft, Minnesota seems to be ready to hire a GM.
One of the candidates they’ll reportedly interview is none other than Chargers assistant GM Chad Alexander. Alexander has interviewed for GM jobs in recent offseasons with the Dolphins, Raiders, and Jaguars organizations.
Chad Alexander potentially leaving the Chargers organization for the Vikings would have its pros and cons
Alexander has been with the Ravens organization for 20 years in addition to roles with the Jets and the Chargers. He’s worked in the league’s Accelerator Program in an attempt to put his name out there for a GM job. He’s certainly earned the opportunity for one of the 31 other franchises to eventually give him the top front office spot.
One con for the Chargers is organizational brain drain. For example, the Chargers are already living life without now Ravens head coach Jesse Minter. Losing one of GM Joe Hortiz’s top confidants on top of that certainly wouldn’t be ideal. To an extent, that’s the penalty for stringing together winning seasons in the NFL. But it should go without saying that the Chargers really value the impact of Alexander’s deep scouting background in the front office.
A potential benefit of Alexander leaving is compensatory draft capital. As a result of being promoted as a minority candidate to a GM role, the Chargers would receive comp picks for Alexander’s departure. On a GM level, this happened recently with the 49ers and Ran Carthon when he took the Tennessee job. The 49ers received two third round comp picks split between their next two drafts. The same would be true for the Chargers in 2027 and 2028 if Alexander received the Vikings GM gig.
The Chargers would then be projected to receive at least three comp picks in the next two years with the departure of Odafe Oweh to the Commanders. In a very deep 2027 draft class, it would be helpful draft capital to have.
Alexander is a critical part to the Chargers‘ front office, but he’s more than qualified to take over a GM spot for another team at this point. At the very least, the Chargers could be rewarded with some draft assets.
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