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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- 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.
Harbaugh said earlier this week that Flowers' injury was not expected to be season-ending, but now the Ravens need to advance for him to return.
Baltimore drafted Flowers in the first round in 2023.
GM needed
HENDERSON, Nev. -- The Las Vegas Raiders fired general manager Tom Telesco. They made the move Thursday, just a year after he was hired. It's part of a housecleaning following a 4-13 season that also included the dismissal of coach Antonio Pierce. 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.
Carroll interview
The Chicago Bears have interviewed former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for their head coaching job. 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 Southern California, making him one of three coaches to win the top NFL and college prizes along with Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer.
Playoffs moving
LOS ANGELES -- The NFL has moved the Rams' wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings to Arizona after days of devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
The playoff game will be played Monday night at State Farm Stadium, the home of the Arizona Cardinals, in suburban Glendale, Arizona.
The league announced the decision Thursday, a few hours after yet another fire broke out in an area several miles from the Rams' training complex in the Woodland Hills neighborhood.
Los Angeles has been besieged by multiple wildfires all week following two days of extraordinary wind across the vast metropolitan area.
While none of the fires is burning near SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the NFL is moving the game amid concerns about air quality and the strain put on police and fire department personnel.