New Orleans Saints vice president/assistant general manager of pro personnel Terry Fontenot is one of "two or three finalists" for the Atlanta Falcons GM job, league sources tell ESPN.
If New Orleans loses Fontenot to division rival Atlanta, it could turn out to be the first test case of the NFL's new plan to incentivize minority representation among head coaches and GMs.
NFL owners voted this past November to compensate teams that groom minority head coaches and GMs. Any team that loses a minority candidate that goes on to land a head coach or GM job will receive two compensatory third-round draft picks in consecutive years.