The Las Vegas Raiders continued their housecleaning Thursday, firing general manager Tom Telesco just two days after dismissing coach Antonio Pierce.

The moves took place after the Raiders went 4-13 this season.

“We appreciate his efforts in helping build a foundation for the future,” the club said in a statement. “We wish Tom and his family all the best.”

The Raiders will become just the second franchise in the Super Bowl era to enter a season three years in a row with a new GM and coach. Coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler were in charge to open the 2023 season. The Cleveland Browns in 2012-14 are the other club to hold such a distinction.

Owner Mark Davis had said Telesco and Pierce would be evaluated separately, and the GM’s firing was the more surprising of the two. Telesco had a strong draft last April in which he landed in the first three rounds an AP Offensive Rookie of the Year candidate in Brock Bowers and two starting offensive linemen.

But Telesco didn’t draft or sign the franchise-changing quarterback the Raiders so badly need. He instead signed journeyman Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million contract. Minshew won the starting job in training camp, but then lost it to Aidan O’Connell after five weeks.

Bears see Carroll about coaching job

The Chicago Bears interviewed former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for their head coaching job on Thursday.

The 73-year-old Carroll is looking to return to the sideline after moving into an advisory role with the Seahawks at the end of last season. He led Seattle to its lone Super Bowl championship during a 14-year run that included 10 trips to the playoffs. He also won a national championship at USC, making him one of three coaches to win the top NFL and college prizes along with Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer.

Chicago also interviewed Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing and Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver on Thursday, after interviewing former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel a day earlier.

ravens wr flowers won’t face steelers

Baltimore Ravens receiver Zay Flowers will miss this weekend’s playoff game against Pittsburgh after injuring his knee in the regular-season finale.

“Zay Flowers is not going to be able to make it to the game this week, so he’ll get started again next week,” coach John Harbaugh said Thursday. “We’ll move forward with the guys we have, and we’re excited about the guys we have, which is everybody else.”

Flowers was hurt during a 35-10 victory over Cleveland last weekend that clinched the AFC North title for Baltimore. The second-year receiver made the Pro Bowl, catching 74 passes for 1,059 yards and four touchdowns.

‘Music City Miracle’ star Wycheck had CTE

Frank Wycheck, the NFL tight end best known for throwing the lateral that started the “Music City Miracle” and launched the Tennessee Titans’ run to the franchise’s lone Super Bowl appearance, had stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died on Dec. 9, 2023, at his Chattanooga home, his family said Thursday.

Wycheck died at the age of 52 after apparently hitting his head in a fall at home. He had made clear his wishes to work with experts for CTE research and on-going brain injury.

Researchers at Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center confirmed Wycheck had CTE stage III, with stage IV the most severe form of the neurodegenerative disease that can lead to dementia, memory loss and depression.

Agent: Hill committed to the Dolphins

Tyreek Hill is committed to the Miami Dolphins, his agent said, despite the star wide receiver seeming to indicate otherwise last week.

Agent Drew Rosenhaus called Hill “very passionate” on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Thursday and said Hill’s comments suggesting he wanted out of Miami after last week’s season finale were out of frustration with not making the playoffs for the first time in his career.

Rosenhaus also said Hill played through a broken wrist the entire season after suffering the injury in training camp during a scrimmage against Washington.