Broncos lose director of college scouting Brian Stark to Las Vegas Raiders

Just a minimal days after the Broncos wrapped a bow on their NFL draft class one of their key talent evaluators is heading for new pastures The Las Vegas Raiders have hired the Broncos director of college scouting Brian Stark as their new assistant general manager a source with knowledge of the situation proven to The Denver Post on Wednesday He ll work for a familiar Denver face in Raiders general manager John Spytek who cut his teeth alongside Stark as a Broncos scout from - It s a big leap up the ladder for Stark who s served in the Broncos scouting department since and was promoted in The Broncos interviewed him for their general manager opening in before eventually hiring George Paton away from the Minnesota Vikings The hiring means an already-thin Denver front office and personnel department is down another essential figure In the span of a month between January and February the Broncos lost four supplementary decision-makers including former assistant GM Darren Mougey to the New York Jets and vice president of football operations Mark Thewes just like Stark to the Raiders Beneath head coach Sean Payton and general manager George Paton the Broncos have plenty of behind-the-scenes holes to fill this offseason a blow to continuity heading into Related Articles Sheriff reviewing Jeff Sperbeck s death after he fell off golf cart John Elway was driving in California Sizing up Broncos prolific run of NFL draft trades Did Denver come out ahead Keeler Shedeur Sanders phone prank should lead to fines suspensions for Atlanta Falcons coach Renck vs Keeler Who will emerge as sleeper pick of Broncos NFL draft class Sources Broncos Dre Greenlaw strained quad but injury not expected to impact regular-season status Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis