Tag: DeAndre Thompson

DeAndre Thompson posts funny tweet after being misidentified as Ejiro Evero

Getty Images mistakenly tagged this photo of DeAndre Thompson as Ejiro Evero, causing plenty of mixups when Evero joined the Panthers.

The Denver Broncos lost a key member of their coaching staff earlier this week when defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero left the club in a lateral move to join the Carolina Panthers.

When news of Evero joining the Panthers became official, outlets began running stories using a Getty Images photo of the coordinator from his time in Denver. There was just one problem.

It wasn’t Evero in the photo.

Getty mistakenly tagged a photo of Broncos intern coach DeAndre Thompson as “Ejiro Evero” in its photo database that is used by countless media outlets. Thompson joined the club last year as the team’s Billy Thompson Coaching Fellow for the 2022 season.

Here’s how he reacted to seeing his photo being used in the place of Evero’s:

The tweet that Thompson was replying to has since been deleted, but here are a few screenshots of other outlets making the same mistake:

Thompson has since joined the Detroit Lions’ coaching staff.

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Broncos coaching staff updates: Denver might make an unconventional move

Here are some of the latest updates for the Broncos’ 2023 coaching staff.

There have been a few developments since our last update on the state of the Denver Broncos’ coaching staff.

First up, the departures: After being let go by Denver, inside linebackers coach Peter Hansen has joined the Carolina Panthers in a lateral move. He will reunite with defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero in Charlotte.

The Broncos are also losing defensive intern coach DeAndre Thompson, who announced on Twitter he has joined the Detroit Lions.

Elsewhere on the coaching front, offensive assistant Kevin Petry has decided to remain with the New Orleans Saints after drawing interest from Denver. And former Broncos offensive line coach Butch Barry has landed an o-line coach job with the Miami Dolphins.

Finally, the most notable development of the last 48 hours: The Broncos have discussed bringing 75-year-old coach Mike Westhoff out of retirement to join Sean Payton‘s staff “in some capacity,” according to The MMQB’s Albert Breer.

Bringing coaches out of retirement certainly isn’t unheard of — Denver just brought a 67-year-old Jerry Rosburg out of retirement last year to serve as a senior assistant, but it’s also not common.

Westhoff has served as a special teams coach with four different teams, but he hasn’t coached in the NFL since 2018. The veteran coach worked under Payton with the Saints from 2017-2018.

If the Broncos do hire Westhoff, it presumably wouldn’t be as the special teams coordinator. He would be more likely to join the team as a consultant or senior assistant, similar to the kind of role Bill Kollar (70) had last year.

We are tracking all of the coaching staff changes on this page.

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