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The McKenzie Brothers

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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The NFL can very much be a "who you know" business. Thus, in light of our two offseason swaps with the Raiders, I thought I'd check the bio of Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie to see if there was any connection with Panthers GM Marty Hurney.

Turns out there is, though not a direct one.

Hurney and Reggie McKenzie haven't worked together before, but the Redskins employed Raleigh McKenzie - Reggie's twin brother - during Hurney's time under Bobby Beathard. Raleigh was drafted in 1985. Hurney joined the Skins in 1988. Raleigh later followed Beathard/Hurney to San Diego in 1997.

So where's Raleigh now? Turns out he's employed as a scout for a certain AFC West team (three guesses which one).

Does this mean we'll see more back and forth and picking up of each others scraps in the future? Possible. Like I said, the NFL is often a "who you know" business, so it's no stretch to think there could be continued contact with the McKenzie brothers in days to come.

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Hurney and Reggie McKenzie haven't worked together before, but the Redskins employed Raleigh McKenzie - Reggie's twin brother - during Hurney's time under Bobby Beathard. Raleigh was drafted in 1985. Hurney joined the Skins in 1988. Raleigh later followed Beathard/Hurney to San Diego in 1997.

That made my head hurt.

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That made my head hurt.

That lets me know I've done well :)

And Biscuit, I haven't checked for a connection between Hurney and the Jets but I will later. Of course, there is an established connection between Ron Rivera and the Ryan family.

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Wow, Mr. Scot is like a football historian or something.

Reality is I'm just a guy who likes to know what's going on and knows how to use Google, but that would be too long to put in a user title.

That's the kind of info that I normally expect to see from our resident journalists though.

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