ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have fired coach Dennis Allen four games into his third season.
The decision was announced Monday night, soon after the Raiders (0-4) returned from London where they lost their 10th straight game dating to last season, 34-14 to the Miami Dolphins. The firing was first reported by Fox Sports.
Allen was the first head coach hired by Oakland after the death of longtime owner Al Davis. His 8-28 record is the worst for the franchise since before Davis arrived in 1963.
An announcement on the interim coach will come today.
Chargers
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Philip Rivers can’t do everything for the San Diego Chargers offense.
He can’t run the ball. Then again, neither can the Chargers’ running backs.
Although the Chargers pulled away to a 33-14 victory against winless Jacksonville on Sunday, they ran only 20 times for 42 yards, a paltry 2.1 yards per carry.
Danny Woodhead is out for the season with a broken lower right leg and Ryan Mathews is out indefinitely with a right knee injury.
Rivers has carried the Chargers so far with his accurate passing. But coach Mike McCoy says the Chargers still have to be able to run the ball in certain situations.
On Sunday, the Chargers (3-1) host the New York Jets (1-3), who have the NFL’s stingiest run defense.
Cowboys
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas defensive tackle Josh Brent will get to travel to London with the Cowboys later this season after the NFL amended several stipulations in his reinstatement following an intoxication manslaughter conviction.
Brent remained suspended for the first 10 games but was allowed to rejoin his teammates at the practice facility Monday, two weeks earlier than the original ruling. He can attend meetings and do individual workouts but can’t practice.
The league originally said Brent could practice in Week 9, but he would have missed the next week while the team was in London preparing to face Jacksonville.
Brent was sentenced to 180 days in jail but avoided a prison term over the 2012 crash that killed practice squad player Jerry Brown.
Eagles
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Needing only a yard to score the goahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter, the Philadelphia Eagles failed twice.
Not so prolific.
Nick Foles struggled, LeSean McCoy hasn’t been a factor and the rest of an offense that previously scored at will suddenly looks ordinary. A 26-21 loss to San Francisco on Sunday underscored many of Philadelphia’s problems.
Coach Chip Kelly said Monday that he thinks some people are pressing. He says his team needs to settle down and go back to playing football.
Two special teams touchdowns and one defensive score gave the Eagles a 21-10 lead they couldn’t hold against the 49ers because an offense that averaged 33.7 points in the first three weeks was shut out.
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