Eliot Wolf is leaving the Green Bay Packers to join John Dorsey and Alonzo Highsmith with the Cleveland Browns.
The Browns will name Wolf assistant general manager. Oddly, that is the title we had assumed was going to Highsmith.
So the Packers managed to piss just about everyone else in the front office off in hiring Brian Gutekunst as general manager. Wolf was pissed he didn’t get the job. So was his father. Highsmith was pissed because he didn’t think he’d get a chance to interview. After hiring Gutekunst, the Packers named Russ Ball director of football operations — that was Wolf’s title.
So we guess Gutekunst and Ball are happy, but that’s about it.
The Packers did attempt to keep Wolf, but they probably made their bed when they promoted Ball. Wolf reportedly also had an opportunity to join Reggie McKenzie with the Oakland Raiders.
What remains of the Packers’ front office is currently director of college scouting Jon-Eric Sullivan, director of pro personnel John Wojciechowski and of course, senior advisor Ted Thompson. Gutekunst had been director of player personnel. Highsmith was a senior personnel executive and Wolf was director of football operations.