Longest-Tenured GMs In The NFL

[Jarv]

As of July 4th, 2014 at 2:04pm CST by Luke Adams

http://www.profootballrumors.com/longest-tenured-gms-nfl/

Here’s the full list:

1. Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys): April 18, 1989[1]
2. Mike Brown (Cincinnati Bengals): August 5, 1991[2]
3. Bill Belichick (New England Patriots): January 27, 2000[3]
4. Kevin Colbert (Pittsburgh Steelers): February 18, 2000[4]
5. Mickey Loomis (New Orleans Saints): May 14, 2002
6. Ozzie Newsome (Baltimore Ravens): November 22, 2002
7. Ted Thompson (Green Bay Packers): January 14, 2005
8. Rick Spielman (Minnesota Vikings): May 30, 2006[5]
9. Rick Smith (Houston Texans): June 5, 2006
10. Jerry Reese (New York Giants): January 15, 2007
11. Thomas Dimitroff (Atlanta Falcons): January 13, 2008
12. Martin Mayhew (Detroit Lions): December 29, 2008
13. Bruce Allen (Washington Commanders): December 17, 2009
14. John Schneider (Seattle Seahawks): January 19, 2010[6]
15. Howie Roseman (Philadelphia Eagles): January 29, 2010
16. Trent Baalke (San Francisco 49ers): May 20, 2010[7]
17. John Elway (Denver Broncos): January 5, 2011[8]
18. Reggie McKenzie (Oakland Raiders): January 5, 2012
19. Ryan Grigson (Indianapolis Colts): January 11, 2012
20. Ruston Webster (Tennessee Titans): January 18, 2012
21. Phil Emery (Chicago Bears): January 29, 2012
22. Les Snead (St. Louis Rams): February 10, 2012
23. David Caldwell (Jacksonville Jaguars): January 8, 2013
24. Steve Keim (Arizona Cardinals): January 8, 2013
25. Tom Telesco (San Diego Chargers): January 9, 2013
26. Dave Gettleman (Carolina Panthers): January 10, 2013
27. John Dorsey (Kansas City Chiefs): January 13, 2013
28. John Idzik (New York Jets): January 18, 2013
29. Doug Whaley (Buffalo Bills): May 16, 2013
30. Jason Licht (Tampa Bay Buccaneers): January 21, 2014
31. Dennis Hickey (Miami Dolphins): January 27, 2014
32. Ray Farmer (Cleveland Browns): February 11, 2014

 

[daveferr33]

Given Jerry's "success" after Jimmy's team dissipated, I'll take Jimmy's word as to who was the actual GM from 1989-1994 over Jerry's (and the media lapdogs) revisionist history:

“That is completely a bunch of crock,” Johnson said. “Jerry started putting all those titles on himself after I left. He didn’t call himself general manager and president and all that stuff when I was there. He was just the owner. Because it was in my contract that I had total responsibility for all football decisions. It was in my contract, and he didn’t allow anybody to have that in their contract after I left.”

Johnson says that he takes more pride in what he did as the Cowboys’ general manager than in what he did as the Cowboys’ head coach.

“I was the personnel director there with the Cowboys,” Johnson said. “My pride was collecting the talent and putting together the team that won the Super Bowls.”

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/07/jimmy-johnson-calls-jerry-jones-g-m-claims-a-crock/