The Washington Football Team has requested to interview 49ers VP of player personnel Martin Mayhew for its GM job, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) January 12, 2021
Minutes after the news came out that the Washington Football Team had put in a formal request to interview Tennessee Titans VP of Player Personnel Ryan Cowden for the open General Manager position, more news came out that another candidate has entered the interviewing process as well.
According to The Washington Post‘s Nicki Jhabvala, Washington has also requested to interview Martin Mayhew, the VP of Player Personnel for the San Francisco 49ers.
Mayhew was a player for the then Washington Redskins from 1989-1992, and he was part of the Super Bowl-winning team in 1991. Mayhew has been an executive in the league with multiple teams since 2001, and he served as the Director of Football Administration for the XFL at the start of this century. Mayhew was also the GM for the Detroit Lions up until 2015.
After a season full of a coaching staff change in Washington, the only major hire to be made this offseason is at the GM position, where there are a number of candidates who are thought to be in the running. Among them are current Washington VP of Player Personnel, Kyle Smith, and former Carolina Panthers GM Marty Hurney.
