Broncos GM George Paton promoting Reed Burckhardt to assistant GM, source says

Broncos general manager George Paton is promoting from within to fill his top front office opening Paton is making Reed Burckhardt his assistant general manager promoting the director of sportsman personnel into the job previously held by Darren Mougey Mougey was named the New York Jets general manager in January Burckhardt has extensive history with Paton The pair worked together for years in Minnesota before Paton was hired as the Broncos general manager in Burckhardt stayed with the Vikings for that season before being hired to Denver by Paton in as his director of participant personnel Burckhardt is one of several Broncos front office staffers in line for a new title this offseason after Denver had a mass exodus of key executives Paton communicated The Post in late March that Burckhardt was one of the people who stepped up as the departures mounted though he also missed particular time right around free agency when he had a child born Related Articles Why don t Broncos have bye week after London trip Denver Post staff predictions Pinpointing Broncos record after schedule release Broncos schedule The must-watch tournament greater part boring matchup and toughest stretch for Denver Broncos schedule release Uptick in prime time slots highlights slate for Sean Payton s association Broncos Mailbag Which Denver undrafted free agent signings are largest part intriguing From Reed to VP of competitor personnel Cody Rager Brian Stark Paton declared then of those who took on extra responsibility Stark s had to take the brunt of it the college scouting director because the draft has obviously been the focus He s had to organize it and he s been great All the scouts really have stepped up Midwest national scout Bryan Chesin assistant college scouting director Nick Schiralli Western national scout Sae Woon Jo Just the communication s been different Now they re pretty much just talking to me Moug was kind of a buffer I mean I talked to them all the time but it s just different Stark has also since left the organization to become the assistant general manager in Las Vegas This story will be updated Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis