ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — On the heels of another successful free-agency period and NFL Draft, President of Football Operations/General Manager John Elway announced a series of changes to the team’s personnel department.
Eight members of the Broncos’ staff were promoted, including former Director of Player Personnel Matt Russell.
Russell, now the team’s Vice President of Player Personnel, has overseen the day-to-day operations of both the pro personnel and college scouting departments since 2012.
He has worked directly with Elway to make personnel decisions during the last nine seasons, and the Broncos have won five AFC West titles, two AFC Championships and a Super Bowl during that span. Elway and Russell’s eight years together as the team’s top two football decision-makers ranks third in the NFL. Jerry and Stephen Jones (Dallas, 31 years) and Bill Belichick and Nick Caserio (New England, 11 years) are the only active pairings who have worked together longer.
The Broncos ended the 2019 season with the third-youngest roster in the league and featured a pair of Pro Bowlers on the league’s second-youngest offense (Phillip Lindsay, 2018; Courtland Sutton, 2019). The Broncos also have had three other All-Rookie selections in the past two years, as Bradley Chubb (2018), tight end Noah Fant (2019) and Dalton Risner (2019) … …Read more at Denver Broncos.com