EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen was standing on the field in early February watching the Senior Bowl practice with Dan Morgan, the president of football operations/general manager for the Carolina Panthers, and Bills GM Brandon Beane.
The three NFL GMs had worked together in Buffalo, and they have a long-standing friendship and working relationship -- Morgan's and Schoen's families have vacationed together as recently as this past summer.
Their on-field conversation began with Schoen joking about whether Morgan or Beane wanted to trade up for the Giants' No.