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

Just a limited 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 ratified 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 significant 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