The Lions have found the replacement for Brandon Sosna in their front office.
Brandon Sosna, the senior director of football administration, became the second member of the Detroit Lions front office to join the Washington Commanders in an offseason post last month.
It is impossible to overstate Sosna’s contribution to the contract extensions that were reached with Amon-Ra St. Brown, Penei Sewell, and Jared Goff this offseason because he was a leading man in those talks.
Charlie Adkins is going to be the Lions’ new Senior Director of Football Administration, according to ESPN’s Seth Walder.
Adkins has been employed with the Arizona Cardinals for the past seven years, most recently taking on the role of manager of football analytics and research.
Adkins worked as a football operations analyst for the Cardinals before spending the last five years in the analytics and research department.
Lions hire Charlie Adkins to replace Brandon Sosna
Adkins had a hand in several areas during his tenure with the Cardinals.
He provided then-head coach Kliff Kingsbury with analytical data to help with play calling, and he was literally shown as a prominent figure in the Cardinals’ war room last year.
At about the 4:25 mark of the linked clip, Adkins is shown helping get their trade up with the Lions done.
General manager of the Cardinals Monti Ossenfort mentioned the part Adkins played in their 2023 first-round maneuvering.
“Dave Sears, Charlie Adkins, and Rob Kissel—some of the guys that I leaned heavily on—did an amazing job of preparing us for the trade scenarios and even more so once we actually completed the trade back,” Ossenfort remarked.
Regarding employing each other’s personnel, there is some back and forth between the front offices of the Cardinals and Lions.
In the summer, the Lions recruited director of health and performance Brett Fischer, who had spent a long time with the Cardinals, while Arizona signed assistant general manager Dave Sears, who was formerly employed by the Lions. Adkins is currently traveling from Arizona to Detroit.
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