Retired Giants GM Ernie Accorsi
is working as a consultant to Falcons owner Arthur Blank. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported it this morning, and Accorsi confirmed it to me in an email a few minutes ago.
"Consultant. No job," was the key part of his message. He's advising Blank, who can't be terribly happy that his first-year coach, Bobby Petrino, bailed after 13 games, and then Blank got played by Bill Parcells when the owner thought he had someone to step in as football operations chief.
Strange coincidence: Accorsi's top choice to replace TC in January was Petrino. Guess he and Blank can commiserate over that.
Not sure there's anyone Accorsi could recommend the Falcons poach from the Giants front office. Maybe assistant GM Kevin Abrams, but I'm guessing the Falcons will want a splashier hire. Abrams is too Canadian to be considered splashy.
Accorsi is attending Johnny Unitas' son's wedding today and won't be at Giants-Pats.
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Joke of a hire, nice guy but less than effective. That he wanted Petrino should be enough of a black mark. Home Depot boy just hired himself an experienced Yes man. Not what the franchise needed, but maybe Ernie gets a few things right this go round.