Tag: Mark Thewes

Broncos have lost 9 staff members in 2025 following Rob Paton’s departure

Rob Paton has left the Broncos’ scouting department to join the Jets. He is the ninth employee to leave Denver this offseason.

Yet another Denver Broncos employee has left the club.

Broncos scout Rob “Robbie” Paton is leaving the team to become a co-director of player personnel for the New York Jets, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. Paton will now reunite with Jets general manager Darren Mougey, who left Denver this offseason for a promotion in New York.

Paton played safety at UCLA before coaching defensive backs at Loyola High School and then returning to the Bruins as a scouting analyst. He was hired by the Broncos in 2017, four years before his uncle, George Paton, became the team’s general manager.

The younger Paton is the ninth staff member to leave Denver this offseason.

Broncos staff departures

  1. Ben Kotwica (fired)
  2. Greg Manusky (fired)
  3. Darren Mougey (joined Jets)
  4. Rob Paton (joined Jets)
  5. Chris Banjo (joined Jets)
  6. John Morton (joined Lions)
  7. David Shaw (joined Lions)
  8. Mark Thewes (joined Raiders)
  9. Declan Doyle (joined Bears)

Now in addition to identifying players to bring in this offseason, George Paton and Broncos coach Sean Payton will also have to fill several key staff positions. Get ready for a busy offseason in Denver.

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Broncos lose a top executive to Raiders

The Broncos have lost executive Mark Thewes to the Raiders. He is the eighth staff member to leave Denver, including two who were fired.

The Las Vegas Raiders have poached a top executive from the Denver Broncos.

The Raiders hired former Broncos executive Mark Thewes as their new SVP of football operations and strategy on Tuesday. The news was first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and later confirmed by the team.

Thewes most recently served as Denver’s vice president of football operations and compliance. Before that, he served as director of team administration. Thewes originally joined the team when Josh McDaniels was hired as a head coach in 2009. He previously worked for the Cleveland Browns before joining the Broncos.

Thewes lasted in Denver well beyond the McDaniels era, a testament of the value he provided at the club.

The new Las Vegas general manager, John Spytek, worked with Thewes in Denver from 2013-2015. They will now be reunited in the Raiders’ front office.

Thewes is the eighth staff member to leave the Broncos this offseason, joining Ben Kotwica (fired), Greg Manusky (fired), Darren Mougey, Chris Banjo, Declan Doyle, John Morton and David Shaw.

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Raiders steal away longtime Broncos executive to be Senior VP of football ops

The Raiders have reached across the division to land new VP of football ops Mark Thewes who spent the past 16 years with the Broncos.

The makeover of the Raiders front office continues. Today it included snagging a long time Broncos executive to come to the dark side.

Mark Thewes takes over as the Raiders VP of football operations and Strategy. He joins the Raiders front office after 16 years in Denver. He takes a similar position with the Raiders as he most recently had with the Broncos; a position he held for the past three years.

Prior to his time as VP of football ops and compliance, Thewes had been the team’s director of team administration for eight years (2012-19). Prior to that he had been assistant to the head coach for several years.

During that time, Raiders new GM John Spytek was also with the Broncos for a stint from 2013-15, first as an area scout, then as a national scout.