Holmgren Alternatives for the Seattle Seahawks: Tom Heckert

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Published: December 26, 2009

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... the Seahawks' offer to be a member of their front office, any analysis of his merits for the position have become moot.

But the team still has a vacancy up top.

Tom Heckert, a long-time member of the Philadelphia Eagles' staff, may be a decent candidate to take over that vacancy, though he doesn’t seem to be in any incredible hurry to change addresses.

Heckert, who presently serves as the general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles and has been in that position since 2006, is in a situation akin to what Scott Pioli’s situation was in Philadelphia. He is at least partially in charge of personnel for one of the most successful franchises of the past decade, but with the operative word being “partially,” the right opportunity could lure Heckert out of Philadelphia.

In his years leading up to working with Andy Reid, the Eagles' head coach who holds essentially veto power in terms of the Eagles personnel, Heckert received a lot of praise from Reid...

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