ESPN’s Marc Raimondi reports that Bears assistant GM Ian Cunninham and 49ers director of scouring and football operations Josh Williams are “front runners” for Atlanta’s general manager vacancy.

22 January 2026

Both also interviewed for Atlanta’s hand-created-for-Matt-Ryan “president of football” position, and the Falcons appear to have used those interviews as a starting point for their general manager position. Neither has come back for a second interview yet, with Atlanta only just announcing some new interviews for GM candidates today after spending the early offseason on the head coach and (ugh) “president of football” positions. Cunningham has ties to Ryan through his boss, Bears GM Ryan Poles, who played with Ryan at Boston College.