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Broncos general manager Brian Xanders and the team have mutually decided to part ways. "It was tough because I have a great deal of respect for Brian as a football man but also as a person," front-office boss John Elway said Monday afternoon. "Even more so as a person. He was very helpful to me in this first year getting acclimated back to the NFL. I owe him a lot. Just from the conversation we had, we just thought for his career and for the Broncos we felt that now was the best time to go a different way."
Reported by the Denver Post
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Xanders had worked 14 years in a variety of capacities with the Atlanta Falcons before he was hired to become the Broncos assistant general manager by then-coach-football operations boss Mike Shanahan following the draft of 2008. Xanders, 41, was promoted to general manager the next year by then coach-football operations boss Josh McDaniels, a position he held until Monday. Xanders has one year left on his contract. Elway met with Xanders Monday at which time the decision was made. The general manager position had long been Xanders' dream position but his first big gig never came with the final-say authority on roster personnel. Shanahan had final say in 2008, McDaniels had the power in 2009-10 and then Elway was hired to take control of the front office in 2011. And now, Elway has begun to exercise his authority.
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