{"id":357518,"date":"2026-08-27T05:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-vikings-star-bryant-mckinnie-gunning-to-work-in-nfl-front-office"},"modified":"2026-08-27T05:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:47:12","slug":"ex-vikings-star-bryant-mckinnie-gunning-to-work-in-nfl-front-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-vikings-star-bryant-mckinnie-gunning-to-work-in-nfl-front-office","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Vikings Star Bryant McKinnie Gunning To Work In NFL Entrance Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Bryant McKinnie<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Gunning To Work In NFL Front Office<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; Put Me In, Coach!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-27T00:30:27-07:00\"><br \/>\n               August 27, 2026<br \/>\n              12:30 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-e6820b199c69d25b2bfd1c25df4b0a73\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-76d317ee-7e6d-4e62-8714-e66eac298eae-1542535196-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-76d317ee-7e6d-4e62-8714-e66eac298eae-1542535196-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aaron Donald\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/72\/16by9\/2026\/08\/20\/7256f535ef3a49a28a28bd2cd6e8427f_md.jpg\" alt=\"bryant-mickinne-kal-08-20-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6820b199c69d25b2bfd1c25df4b0a73--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-51a322091455092d97a6054200208652\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bryant-mckinnie\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Bryant McKinnie<\/strong><\/a> is ready to trade the trenches for the draft room!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-51a322091455092d97a6054200208652--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d9ef0a7765f8cfc150f29984ebc428d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The retired Pro Bowl tackle, who starred for the Minnesota Vikings and later won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, recently swung by the TMZ offices, where he told <strong>Babcock<\/strong> he&#8217;d love a front office gig so he can finally start fixing some of the head-scratching decisions he sees from the couch.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d9ef0a7765f8cfc150f29984ebc428d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3d9c300951d44ec3e9ca301fe53cfd41\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20240205_34cd907e2bea431687e643d450eb921f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3e2bea3c-0d75-45cc-9fd5-fefe0b8d4aff\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/34\/4by3\/2024\/02\/05\/34cd907e2bea431687e643d450eb921f_md.png\" alt=\"Bryant McKinnie at ravens\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3d9c300951d44ec3e9ca301fe53cfd41--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cdbf0dbd9b74d2c424e2ba6544cbdef9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cI would like to work in the front office and try to help them out,\u201d McKinnie said. \u201cSometimes I sit there, I\u2019m like, \u2018Who was making these decisions?\u2019<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cdbf0dbd9b74d2c424e2ba6544cbdef9--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3ad02835b5c15d840d73f8535992c964\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The 6&#8217;7&#8243; big man continued &#8230; &#8220;Sometimes I just feel like the picks just aren\u2019t making sense sometimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3ad02835b5c15d840d73f8535992c964--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9b1d833ec83a10a1c7faf720bee45203\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>McKinnie said he&#8217;s particularly interested in recruiting and drafting &#8230; and he&#8217;s obviously got a wealth of experience from his pro football playing days in Minnesota and Baltimore.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9b1d833ec83a10a1c7faf720bee45203--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b1877fad2126cd09773d03dba0268039\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260826_729b1cf21f5447e2a13924f4811d0666\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3e2bea3c-0d75-45cc-9fd5-fefe0b8d4aff\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/72\/4by3\/2026\/08\/26\/729b1cf21f5447e2a13924f4811d0666_md.jpg\" alt=\"Bryant McKinnie getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b1877fad2126cd09773d03dba0268039--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4b6eb2cfc41ab5b0c130e20674d231e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Speaking of, we asked Bryant if he&#8217;d consider reaching out to any of his former teams lookin&#8217; for a job.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4b6eb2cfc41ab5b0c130e20674d231e9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8c0b922349f7f9bb8ac879639eacc79f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cWell, I don\u2019t know if I want to live back in Minnesota,&#8221; McKinnie said laughing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8c0b922349f7f9bb8ac879639eacc79f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-12c82166a1c858bd71868f6b563f027c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260826_5efaf90ebcd34c63a76062ba6d0617d8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3e2bea3c-0d75-45cc-9fd5-fefe0b8d4aff\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5e\/4by3\/2026\/08\/26\/5efaf90ebcd34c63a76062ba6d0617d8_md.jpg\" alt=\"Bryant McKinnie getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-12c82166a1c858bd71868f6b563f027c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d6992698bd96d54947f9278d3bae4392\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn\u2019t mind the Chargers, you know, somewhere with nice weather. The Dolphins, anybody. I feel like the Dolphins need somebody to come in who really has some wherewithal, like know what\u2019s going on, kind of help because I sometimes just don\u2019t know what the picks are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d6992698bd96d54947f9278d3bae4392--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f74310bf10c12a9c2c50e4100ef6f5f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bryant clearly has strong opinions on roster building &#8230; the question is, will an organization give him a chance to work behind the scenes?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f74310bf10c12a9c2c50e4100ef6f5f1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cf7e9dfa33b64e11e4aaa2b8f646de02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>There&#8217;s a bunch more with McKinnie &#8230; where we talk all about life after football (Bryant&#8217;s got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letzchat.com\/?langtarget=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>businesses<\/strong><\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/bleav.com\/shows\/bleav-in-vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>podcast<\/strong><\/a>, and a bunch more going on!), and how teams will possibly block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/myles-garrett\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Myles Garrett<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/aaron-donald\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Aaron Donald<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; if AD returns.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cf7e9dfa33b64e11e4aaa2b8f646de02--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c8e9655a0ece892dae6041457b56acbb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c8e9655a0ece892dae6041457b56acbb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3cade9cf2a73f43deb3b17ed1f3e8ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Check out the full interview!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3cade9cf2a73f43deb3b17ed1f3e8ca--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/27\/bryant-mckinnie-wants-nfl-front-office-job\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryant McKinnie Gunning To Work In NFL Front Office &#8230; Put Me In, Coach!!! 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