The Carolina Panthers weren’t good, exactly, but the arrow appears to be pointing up for the reluctant NFC South champions. That means their brass are attracting a little bit of attention from other teams.
That includes one team in their own division. The Atlanta Falcons are reportedly asking to interview Brandt Tillis, an executive vice president for Carolina, for the football president, president of football, whatever you want to call it position they just created.
Tillis was hired by the Panthers in 2024 to assist general manager Dan Morgan on the financial side of football operations, specifically cap and contracts, and came over after 14 seasons in Kansas City, mostly in similar roles overseeing the salary cap, contract negotiations, and football administration. That’s a lot of experience concentrated in an area the Falcons could certainly use help in, given their raft of upcoming big contracts for players like Drake London and Bijan Robinson, and their uncertain cap picture at the moment.
Tillis joins Matt Ryan, Josh Williams from the 49ers, and Mike Disner from the Lions as known candidates for the football president job. While Ryan is expected to be offered the job, the team may want to also hire an experienced executive in an adjacent role, and any of those three seem like they would be fine choices. We’ll see if we get any updates on this search before Arthur Blank’s Thursday press conference.
