Broncos owner and CEO Greg Penner said GM George Paton will remain with the team heading into 2023.
After parting ways with head coach Nathaniel Hackett on Monday, Penner released a statement saying, “I will lead our head coaching search with support from our ownership group and George [Paton], who I have confidence in as our general manager.” Paton’s brief tenure as the Broncos’ general manager has gotten off to a rocky start, with the team going 11-21 in his first two seasons with the team. The Broncos hired and fired Hackett in the same calendar year, dismissing him with two weeks to go in the season, and are hoping for a rebound in 2023 from quarterback Russell Wilson, who famously signed a $245 million contract after the team traded multiple first round picks to acquire him from the Seahawks earlier this offseason.