FILE - Former Oakland Raiders caput manager John Madden speaks astir erstwhile backmost Ken Stabler, pictured astatine rear, astatine a ceremonial honoring Stabler during halftime of an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Raiders and the Cincinnati Bengals successful Oakland, Calif., connected Sept. 13, 2015. 'All Madden' documentary a labour of emotion for Fox Sports. Many gamers volition beryllium receiving the latest variation of the ҍaddenӠvideo crippled for the holidays. On Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, immoderate volition adjacent find retired for the archetypal clip that the sanction down the fashionable franchise was a palmy manager and broadcaster. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is urging each 32 teams to grant legendary Raiders manager and shot icon John Madden astatine this weekend’s 16 games.
In a memo sent to each club, Goodell said the “NFL mislaid a giant” with the passing of Madden and asked that “each location squad successful Week 17 observe a infinitesimal of soundlessness successful his representation conscionable anterior to the commencement of the game.”
The Raiders are playing astatine the Indianapolis Colts connected Sunday.
Madden died Tuesday greeting astatine property 85.
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