The McKenzie Brothers

[Mr. Scot]

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.

[Johnny Rockets]

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.

[Darth Biscuit]

Hurney have any contacts with the Jets? How'd that play out?

[Mr. Scot]

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.

[carolina-chuck]

Don't go over yourself by two little trades during the offseason. Oh the offseason...... It's when the mind becomes so created.

[Darth Biscuit]

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.

Yeah, maybe Ron called up Rex directly...

[BeasonBeastingBacks]

Yeah, maybe Ron called up Rex directly...

"Hey Rex, its Ron over at Carolina."

"Mphghphhwatfhh"

"Get the foot out of your mouth Rex...."

Also good stuff Mr. Scot

[Mr. Scot]

:lol:

I suspect a fair number of conversations with Rex Ryan are begun with the phrase "put the chicken down"

[Ivan The Awesome]

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

[Mr. Scot]

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.