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.

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

Chip Kelly is returning to the NFL as the Las Vegas Raiders’ offensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the decision said Sunday