But a promotion and friendship with a new general manager proved too hard to pass up. Mark Thewes will join former Broncos scout and Raiders GM John Spytek in Las Vegas as senior vice president of

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 Denver Broncos have lost another important front office organizational asset, this time to the Las Vegas Raiders.