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Once viewed as one of the NFL’s rising young talent evaluators, Scot McCloughan could be nearing a comeback.

According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the former 49ers General Manager has talked to both Washington and Oakland about a job in personnel.

Whether he returns to the league will be interesting, though he’s doubtless qualified to scout talent.

He assembled much of the talent base the 49ers used to go to three straight NFC Championship Games, and then was part of the Seahawks front office when the defending champions are built.

He left both jobs citing the need to address “personal matters,” though the nature of those matters has been well-known in the league for years. ESPN’s Seth Wickersham wrote an excellent piece recently on McCloughan’s battles with alcohol abuse, and detailed his ambitions to get back into the league.

It wasn’t McCloughan’s skill as an evaluator that caused him to be out of the NFL, and he may be closer to getting back in.