Thewes has been hired away by the Las Vegas Raiders to become their senior vice president of football operations, a source ...

But a promotion and friendship with a new general manager proved too hard to pass up. Mark Thewes will join former Broncos ...

He recalled coach Thom McDaniels talking him into playing football late in his high school ... The new general manager, John Spytek, like Thewes, has a background with the Browns and Broncos.