The Detroit Lions have hired away one of the Arizona Cardinals top front office executives.
ESPN’s Seth Walder reported on X Saturday that:
“The Lions hired Charlie Adkins from the Cardinals as Senior Director of Football Administration, per sources.
Adkins had been Manager, Football Analytics & Research in Arizona.”
Adkins had been with the Cardinals for the past seven seasons and spent the last five in the analytics and research department.
In Detroit, he reunites with Lions COO Mike Disner, who previously worked for the Cardinals.
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