Las Vegas Raiders name Tom Telesco GM
Tom Telesco, former general manager of the Los Angeles Chargers. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS - Former Los Angeles Chargers general manager Tom Tolesco has found a new gig in the Southwest.
Prior to the Las Vegas Raiders making the announcement, multiple reports broke the news that Telesco was going to stay in the AFC West and become the general manager for the Silver and Black.
"Telesco built one of the NFL’s best rosters over a decade with the rival Chargers. Now, he’s expected to stay in the division," NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on social media.
Telesco and coach Brandon Stanley were both fired during the Chargers' collapse of a season. Coincidentally, they were let go the day after what became LA's brutal Thursday Night Football loss to Las Vegas, 61-21, last month.
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This story was reported from Los Angeles.