NFC Staff Updates: Falcons, Cardinals, Panthers, 49ers, Cowboys

Atlanta reshaped its front office by hiring Keith Earle as a mid-Atlantic area scout. Earle began NFL work as a camp intern in player personnel for the Eagles in 2021, then completed a similar internship in Chicago in 2022. He later became a scouting assistant during Ryan Poles’ first year as general manager and spent the past two seasons as the midlands area scout for the Bears before joining Atlanta. Justin Hickman was given the title of national scout. After an NFL and CFL playing career, Hickman worked as an XFL executive, a Pro Football Focus analyst, a coach, and most recently an area scout with the Patriots. Other moves included Arizona promoting Alfonza Knight to assistant director, college scouting, and parting ways with veteran scout Chris Culmer.

"Atlanta has hired Keith Earle as a mid-Atlantic area scout. Earle's first taste of NFL work came as a camp intern in player personnel for the Eagles in 2021. After a similar internship in Chicago the next year, Earle was hired on as a scouting assistant in the first year of Ryan Poles' tenure as GM. He spent the past two seasons as the midlands area scout for the Bears but has now followed Cunningham to Atlanta for his new gig."

"Thanks to Neil Stratton of SucceedInFootball.com, we also learn that the new title in Atlanta for Justin Hickman will be national scout. After the conclusion of a playing career that took him through the NFL and CFL, Hickman has gained some uniquely vast experience working as an XFL executive, an analyst at Pro Football Focus, a coach, and until recently, an area scout with the Patriots. Earle and Hickman could just be the start as the front office begins to reflect the new GM."

"In Arizona, the Cardinals have promoted one new staffer and said goodbye to another. According to Stratton, Alfonza Knight has been promoted to assistant director, college scouting. After initial NFL jobs as an equipment intern for the Titans and a staffer with the Senior Bowl, Knight first joined the Cardinals as a scouting assistant in 2014, getting promoted to NFS scout in 2017 and spending the last eight years as an area scout."

"Leaving the front office, per Stratton, is veteran scout Chris Culmer. Starting as a scouting intern for the Seahawks in 2000, Culmer worked his way up to scouting assistant and pro scout over nearly nine years in Seattle. He stayed within the division with his next job, joining the Cardinals as a west area scout. He was promoted to director college scouting for a couple years but has spent the las"

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