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Eagles' Andy Weidl in the Mix to be Steelers' Next GM

A Pittsburgh native, Andy Weidl could be returning to the place it all started for him
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Eagles' Andy Weidl in the Mix to be Steelers' Next GM
Eagles' Andy Weidl in the Mix to be Steelers' Next GM

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The Pittsburgh Steelers' wide-ranging search for their next GM turned to an old friend this week in the form of the Eagles’ top scout, Andy Weidl.

Weidl, a Steel City native, started his now 20-plus year scouting career in Pittsburgh as a player personnel assistant with the Steelers back in 1998-99.

Since then, he has climbed the ranks with stops in New Orleans and Baltimore before being brought to Philadelphia by Joe Douglas, now the New York Jets GM, as his right-hand man in the scouting department.

When Douglas got the job with the Jets, Weidl was promoted and currently leads the Eagles’ entire scouting department as vice president of player personnel. He’s No. 3 on the current Philadelphia flow chart when it comes to football operations behind GM Howie Roseman and VP of football operations Catherine Raiche.

Weidl is also the third Eagles’ front office member to interview for a GM job in this hiring cycle, joining Raiche and former co-director of player personnel Brandon Brown, who both talked to the Vikings before Minnesota ultimately landed on Kwesi Adofo-Mensah.

Brown ultimately got the assistant GM job with the New York Giants as Joe Schoen's No. 2 and Ian Cunningham, who shared the director of player personnel job with Brown, got the assistant GM gig with Chicago under Ryan Poles.

Both Brown and Cunningham worked under Weidl with the Eagles.

The Steelers’ current search is an extension one and Weidl is one of 12 known candidates to interview so far.

Pittsburgh can afford to take its time and be very disciplined because its highly-regarded current GM, Kevin Colbert, is not leaving until after the NFL Draft this spring.

-John McMullen contributes Eagles coverage for SI.com's EagleMaven and is the NFL Insider for JAKIB Media. You can listen to John, alongside legendary sports-talk host Jody McDonald every morning from 8-10 on ‘Birds 365,” streaming live on both PhillyVoice.com and YouTube. John is also the host of his own show "Extending the Play" on AM1490 in South Jersey. You can reach him at jmcmullen44@gmail.com or on Twitter @JFMcMullen

Ed Kracz is the publisher of SI.com’s Eagle Maven and co-host of the Eagles Unfiltered Podcast. Check out the latest Eagles news at www.SI.com/NFL/Eagles or www.eaglemaven.com and please follow him on Twitter: @kracze.

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John McMullen
JOHN MCMULLEN

John McMullen is a veteran reporter who has covered the NFL for over two decades. The current NFL insider for JAKIB Media, John is the former NFL Editor for The Sports Network where his syndicated column was featured in over 200 outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald. He was also the national NFL columnist for Today's Pigskin as well as FanRag Sports. McMullen has covered the Eagles on a daily basis since 2016, first for ESPN South Jersey and now for Eagles Today on SI.com's FanNation. You can listen to John, alongside legendary sports-talk host Jody McDonald every morning from 8-10 on ‘Birds 365,” streaming live on YouTube.com. John is also the host of his own show "Extending the Play" on AM1490 in South Jersey and part of 6ABC.com's live postgame show after every Eagles game. You can reach him at jmcmullen44@gmail.com or on Twitter @JFMcMullen

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