Washington Football Team hired 49ers vice president of player personnel Martin Mayhew as general manager. 

21 January 2021

The Football Team was reportedly "close" to hiring twice-fired Panthers GM Marty Hurney as its new personnel boss, but it is ex-Lions GM Mayhew who is coming away with the top job. Hurney will still be joining the Football Team's front office in some capacity. Mayhew is now over half a decade removed from leading a franchise, but he was far and away the best Lions general manager of the 21st century, building their only playoff cores following their 0-16 bottom out in 2008. He has also been a critical cog in the 49ers' recent turnaround. If you are going to hop on the retread train, Mayhew is about as good of a "second chance" candidate as you are going to get. Stability never lasts for long in Washington's Daniel Snyder-dominated front office, but Mayhew is the sort of hire Snyder has rarely made.