The Green Bay Packers’ decision to promote Brian Gutekunst to general manager could be just the opening John Dorsey and the Cleveland Browns need to go after another one of the team’s top personnel executives.

According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, the Browns plan to pursue adding Packers director of football operations Eliot Wolf, who was passed over by team president Mark Murphy in favor of Gutekunst.

Dorsey and the Browns ransacked the Packers front office last week when they convinced senior personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith to leave Green Bay for Cleveland. If the Browns can also get Wolf, they’d suddenly have major pieces of the personnel dream team needed to turn around the franchise in Cleveland.

While the Packers passed on promoting Wolf, the team still hopes the son of Hall of Famer Ron Wolf will return to the organization. It’s possible he could return as Gutekunst’s top personnel executive, although not likely. Wolf remains under contract and would need the team to sign off on an interview for a lateral position elsewhere.

Wolf, 35, was first hired by the Packers in 2004. He’s been promoted five times within the organization, most recently to director of football operations in 2016. He previously served as director of pro personnel (2012-15) and director of player personnel (2015-16). His father, Ron, served as Packers general manager from 1991-2001 and is responsible for helping revive the franchise.

Dorsey, Highsmith and Wolf all worked together in Green Bay.

If Wolf isn’t willing to go to Cleveland, other franchises – such as the Seahawks or Raiders – could have interest in adding the young personnel man. Both teams are run by former Packers personnel executives (John Schneider in Seattle, Reggie McKenzie in Oakland).

Wolf can’t be happy about missing out on his dream job in Green Bay, but he will have plenty of other options, starting in Cleveland.

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