The Miami Dolphins won't see first-down chains in their first preseason game. New NFL rules for 2025 include overtime and kickoff changes.

The chain gang member collapsed with 2:36 remaining the second quarter of the contest. The game was delayed as the Ravens' medical staff tended to the worker and appeared to administer CPR to him.

According to numerous reports coming out of M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore medical staff were seen administering CPR to an NFL operations crew member on the sidelines during the Ravens-Raiders game.

The chain gang, a mostly Southern phenomenon marked by extreme cruelty and blatant racism, died out completely by 1955. The concept made a brief comeback in a few states in the early '90s, in ...