NFL notes:

The Raiders’ Jack Del Rio and Colts’ Chuck Pagano are fired,

Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio was fired after a disappointing season.

Del Rio said owner Mark Davis told him after the team’s season-ending 3010 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday that he would not be retained.

Del Rio signed a four-year contract extension last February after Oakland ended a 13-year playoff drought with a 12-win season.

The Raiders followed that up with one of the most disappointing seasons in the NFL. Oakland went 6-10 for the second-biggest one-season drop in wins in franchise history.

In other coaching news:

❚ The Indianapolis Colts fired coach Chuck Pagano less than two hours after they ended a 4-12 season with a 22-13 victory over Houston.

Team owner Jimmy Irsay made the announcement in a statement, wishing Pagano and his wife well in the future.

The move comes after Indy missed the playoffs for the third straight year, the team’s longest drought since a seven-season absence from 1988-’94.

Texans GM takes leave: Houston Texans general manager Rick Smith says he will take an immediate extended leave of absence to help his wife battle breast cancer.

Smith made the announcement in a statement less than an hour after the Texans finished their season with a 2213 loss Sunday at Indianapolis.

Smith called the decision “extremely difficult” and acknowledged he still wants to bring Houston a championship.

He also thanked team owner Bob McNair and his family for their support as he spends more time with his family.

NFL PLAYOFFS

WILD-CARD ROUND

JAN. 6-7

NFC

(6) Atlanta at (3) L.A. Rams

(5) Carolina at (4) New Orleans AFC

(6) Buffalo at (3) Jacksonville

(5) Tennessee at (4) Kansas City

Bye: (1) Philadelphia, (2) Minnesota; (1) New England, (2) Pittsburgh

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS

Jan. 13-14

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Jan. 21

SUPER BOWL

Feb. 4 — at Minneapolis.