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Abrams

Rapoport reports Abrams is let go “as part of organizational restructuring.” Abrams has been with the team for nearly 30 years, but with John Harbaugh taking over and wanting more control in the organization, he is out as part of the new organizational structure. With a tenure spanning over four general managers and his own brief stint as interim, Abrams won two Super Bowls with the Giants and was a well-respected member of the front office. He is a candidate to be hired to another front office with plenty of experience under his belt, while the new-look Giants hierarchy starts to take shape with Harbaugh.

Abrams just wrapped up his 14th season as GM Jerry Reese’s right-hand man. Abrams started working with the Giants in 1999, serving three years as a salary cap analyst before being promoted to his current position. The man consulting the Lions through the hiring of a new GM, Ernie Accorsi, knows Abrams well from their eight years together in New York.

Abrams interviewed for the Giants’ general manager job but was beat out by Dave Gettleman. The new title gives him a larger role in personnel decisions and day-to-day operations. Abrams could get some outside interest from teams next offseason.

Abrams was given the title of interim GM when Jerry Reese was fired earlier this month. He’s been with the organization the past 16 years as the Giants’ chief salary cap man and contract negotiator. Abrams joins fellow in-house candidate Marc Ross as candidates for the job, while ex-Panthers GM and former longtime Giants executive Dave Gettleman was also interviewed this week. The only true outside name so far, ESPN’s Louis Riddick, also interviewed earlier in the week.

Co-owner John Mara made the disclosure at Monday’s presser discussing the firings of Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese. Abrams had been serving as assistant general manager. We would consider Abrams, who spent the past 16 years as Reese’s right-hand man, an unlikely candidate to get the job. Abrams interviewed for the Lions’ GM opening in 2016.