Former McKinley Bulldog Mark Thewes salutes friends, family from Canton as he jumps into an important new role with the Las Vegas Raiders.

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

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.