I really don't get what a Pace promotion looks like, the guy has strengths but they are not in figuring out the best people to hire and strategic planning. But with all the smoke about staying with the team, it seems like something is up. What is preventing them from keeping Pace in a consulting capacity? Teams hire former coaches and executives in a consulting capacity, like Brad Childress and the guy from Texas this year. If they are going with an internal promotion at GM, they might want to use Pace as a sounding board throughout the GM's first year. Pace is in his mid-40s and has some accolades under his belt, but if he's fired tomorrow he probably has to go down a few rungs in his next gig and work his way back up. He might be happy to lessen the workload, spend more time with the young family and keep his name in the ring for a new gig in a couple years. Then they can hire Pederson as head coach and demote Nagy to QB coach and keep everybody employed.