On his first day as Giants GM, Dave Gettleman fired one of the few other candidates interviewed for his position.
Gettleman dismissed VP of player evaluation Marc Ross on Saturday. Ross interviewed for the vacant GM job earlier this month and had been with the Giants since 2007. He’d worked in his current post for five years.
Among Ross’ duties while with the Giants were overseeing the Giants’ draft and the franchise’s college scouting department. Prior to rising to his most recent NFL post, Ross served as the director of college scouting under Jerry Reese.
“I worked with Marc when I was with the organization before,” said Gettleman. “I have great respect for him and high regard for his work. Clearly, we’re going in a different direction, but that doesn’t make these kinds of decisions any easier.”
The Giants have landed some gems in the draft during Ross’ run in his current post — Odell Beckham Jr., Jason Pierre-Paul and Landon Collins being the most noteworthy names during Ross’ tenure — but they’ve struggled in key spots as well in recent years. Ereck Flowers and Eli Apple both arrived as top-10 picks, and they have not panned out to this point.
Ross, assistant GM Kevin Abrams and former NFC East front office presence Louis Riddick joined Gettleman this month in interviewing for the Giants’ GM job.
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