Jets Ready to Take Gamble on 49ers Player Personnel Dir.

The New York Jets may have their man.

Reports are surfacing that 49ers Director of Player Personnel Tom Gamble is the favorite to become the new GM of the Jets. Gamble has extensive NFL experience having spent 24 years in the league in the player personnel and scouting departments.

He has spent the past seven years in the 49ers developmental department focusing on college and pro scouting. He has been apart of the recent turnaround in the Bay Area that has seen the 49ers become a relevant franchise the past two seasons.

Before that, Gamble was a college scout for the Indianapolis Colts from 1998-2004. That's right, the prime of the Peyton Manning era in Indy. Gamble learned under former Colts GM Bill Polian, and received a ringing endorsement from him.

He started his career in the Philadelphia Eagles organization in 1988, so he is familiar with the Ryan persona, having worked under Rex Ryan's father Buddy when he was the Philly head coach. The one negative about Gamble is the fact that he once worked for the Jets during the Rich Kotitte era from 1995-1996 as a quality control coach. Hopefully Gamble didn't take any pointers from Kotitte before moving on in his NFL career.

The Jets are scheduled to meet with Giants' Director of College Scouting Marc Ross on Monday.

Either way it looks like Gang Green is ready to take the gamble on Tom Gamble very soon.