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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vikings assistant general manager&amp;nbsp;George Paton&amp;nbsp;will stay in Minnesota and has turned down interview offers with the Chicago Bears and New York Jets, according to NFL reporter Dan Pompei.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This season was Paton's eighth with the Vikings. Earlier in 2014, he turned down the opportunity to interview with the St. Louis Rams regarding their GM job.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Report: Rex Ryan to interview with 49ers, Falcons&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Jets fired GM John Idzik on Monday, while the Bears fired GM Phil Emery the same day.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paton was one of seven known candidates for New York's GM job. The Jets are interviewing&amp;nbsp;Seahawks pro personnel director Trent Kirchner this weekend, according to NJ.com.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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