denverpost.com - 4/29/2008
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With the highest level of their executive branch thinned since the dismissal of general manager Ted Sundquist last month, the Broncos are hoping Brian Xanders can bolster their front office. Several league sources with knowledge of the situation say Xanders, who has spent the past 14 seasons as a coach and executive with the Atlanta Falcons, has been offered the opportunity to join Jim and ...
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BRONCOS TO BAG A BIRD?
ProFootballTalk.com —
With the Denver Broncos looking to add bodies to a front office that absorbed the termination of G.M. Ted Sundquist and the Atlanta Falcons looking to shed some bodies after the arrival of G.M. Thomas Dimitroff, a guy who might otherwise be getting the boot in Atlanta could be heading to Denver. The Denver Post reports that long-time Falcons exec Brian Xanders has been offered a job with the Broncos. He would join Jim and Jeff Goodman to form The Three Stooges a trio of lieutenants who would answer directly to coach Mike Shanahan. Xanders served as the Falcons’ chief ...
Brian Xanders Offered Job to Assist Goodmans in Broncos GM Duties
BroncoTalk —
... General Manager Ted Sundquist has left a hole in the team’s executive heirarchy. In his stead, long time Broncos scout and personnel executive Jeff Goodman and his son, recently promoted Assistant GM Jim Goodman, were given added tasks to run the personnel department. To help the Goodmans, the Broncos have reportedly offered long-time Atlanta Falcons coach and executive Brian Xanders a job in upper management, the Denver Post reports. ...
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