George Paton is not a World War II general; he is a rising star in the NFL personnel evaluation world and is the right-hand man for Minnesota Vikings GM Rick Spielman. On Friday, news broke about the Packers barking up the Vikings’ proverbial executive tree.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Packers requested to interview Paton for the team’s open general manager job, but that the Vikings denied the request. Paton, an eleven-year veteran of the Vikings’ organization, had multiple interviews for GM positions in 2017 but did not end up getting a job.