“In reality, Ted has very, very little to do with football. He doesn’t tell them what they should do in the draft. He doesn’t ask them about specific players. He’s not telling them what to do in free agency either. That’s where I don’t understand the concept of hiring a president over football operations because Ted has no direct influence over anything that’s going on with the football team. I’m sure Ryan (Pace), when he wants to trade for Khalil Mack, he calls Ted and says, ‘Can I do this?’ Ted says yes. ‘Can I sign Mike Glennon? Can I sign Andy Dalton?’ All of those things. It’s not like Ted has been a roadblock to the many moves they’ve made. They’ve gotten approval on a lot of dumb stuff. It’s not like Ted is telling them no. So if you bring in some president of football operations, Ted is still doing the same thing he is already doing. He’s overseeing finance, marketing, the business crew, the stadium, all of that stuff. All of the stuff that he’s gonna do anyway, he’s still doing.
