This Is Football: The Best & Worst NFL GMs with Patrick Daugherty

About this episode

Kevin Clark and Patrick Daugherty discuss and rank the best and worst NFL GMs while exploring modern front office strategies and pressures.

Kevin Clark and Patrick Daugherty rank the NFL’s best and worst GMs, including Howie Roseman, John Schneider, Chris Ballard, and the Jets’ “AI-first” approach, and explain why modern NFL front offices are smarter (and harder to evaluate) than ever before. Plus: Super Bowl Radio Row horror stories, the Belichick/49ers roster-building paradox, why the Eagles keep proving everyone wrong, and which executives are under the most pressure heading into 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Clark

Guest: Patrick Daugherty

Topics covered

• NFL GMs
• front office evaluation
• Super Bowl Radio Row
• roster building
• executive pressure

Keywords

• NFL
• GMs
• front office
• Super Bowl
• Eagles
• pressure
• roster building
• evaluation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Howie Roseman, John Schneider, Chris Ballard, Jets, Eagles, Belichick, 49ers

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