The Baltimore Ravens late on Friday claimed that a story by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” about how the team and the NFL handled the Ray Rice domestic violence situation had “numerous errors, inaccuracies, false assumptions and, perhaps, misunderstandings.”

Earlier Friday, ESPN released a detailed report about how the Ravens and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell found out about the star running back’s assault on his now-wife in February.

According to the report, Goodell received an unexpected phone call the morning after Rice’s assault on fiancee Janay Palmer in a hotel elevator in Atlantic City, N.J.

Only hours after the incident, Ravens director of security, Darren Sanders, contacted an Atlantic City police officer by phone while the office watched surveillance video of the incident. He described what he saw to Sanders in detail.

Sanders quickly informed team executives of the video’s play-by-play.

ESPN interviewed more than 20 sources over 11 days, including NFL team officials, current and former league officials, NFL Players Association representatives and associates and advisers and friends of Rice. ESPN reported that it found a pattern of misinformation and misdirection fueled by the Ravens and the NFL since the incident occurred.

According to ESPN, Ravens executives, especially owner Steve Bisciotti, president Dick Cass and general manager Ozzie Newsome, publicly and privately pushed for leniency toward Rice from the judicial system and Goodell, who initially suspended Rice just two games.

The Ravens also consulted with Rice’s Philadelphia defense attorney, Michael J. Diamondstein, who obtained a copy of the video in early April. They tried to convince Rice’s legal team to get Rice accepted into a pretrial intervention program. One of the advantages of the program was that it would prevent the video from going public.

The NFL reportedly took a passive approach toward gathering evidence against Rice. Four ESPN sources said Ravens executives, including Bisciotti, Cass and Newsome, urged Goodell and other league executives to give Rice no more than a two-game suspension.

The Ravens released a statement in response to the report.

“The ESPN.com ‘Outside the Lines’ article contains numerous errors, inaccuracies, false assumptions and, perhaps, misunderstandings,” the statement read. “The Ravens will address all of these next week in Baltimore after our trip to Cleveland for Sunday’s game against the Browns.”

—Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh McCown will miss several weeks with a thumb injury, according to Fox Sports.

McCown was injured in the first quarter of Thursday night’s 56-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. He hit the thumb on a Falcons defensive player after throwing a pass.

Mike Glennon is expected to start at quarterback while McCown is out.

—The San Diego Chargers placed outside linebacker Melvin Ingram on injured reserve/designated for return with a hip injury.

By being designated for return, Ingram will miss at least the next eight weeks. He will be eligible to return to the active roster following the team’s Nov. 9 bye week.

Ingram had started the first two games of this season but suffered a hip injury in last week’s 30-21 win over the Seattle Seahawks. Ingram missed 12 games last year with a torn ACL.

—Chicago Bears wide receivers Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery are listed as questionable for the second straight week.

Jeffery practiced on a limited basis this week with a hamstring injury and was listed as probable Friday. Marshall was limited in practice Saturday after missing Thursday and Friday with an ankle injury.

The Bears play at the New York Jets on Monday night.

—The Oakland Raiders announced that backup quarterback Matt Schaub is ruled out Sunday at the New England Patriots, but he is not injured.

The Raiders acquired Schaub from the Houston Texans for a sixth-round draft pick in March. He was brought in to be the starting quarterback but lost the job in training camp to rookie second-round draft pick Derek Carr.

Schaub struggled in the preseason. Carr has started the first two games of the regular season, both of them losses.

The Raiders also signed linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu to the 53-man roster from the practice squad.

—The Minnesota Vikings signed wide receiver Charles Johnson to the 53-man roster off the Cleveland Browns’ practice squad.

Johnson is a 2013 seventh-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers. He joined the Browns from Green Bay’s practice squad in October 2013.

—The San Francisco 49ers promoted tight end Asante Cleveland from the team’s practice squad to the active roster.

To make room for Cleveland on the roster, the 49ers released quarterback Josh Johnson.

Cleveland, who is 6-foot-5 and 260 pounds, was originally signed by the 49ers as an undrafted free agent on May 12. He was waived on Aug. 30, before being signed to the team’s practice squad the next day.

—The Miami Dolphins signed safety Brandian Ross off their practice squad and waived defensive tackle Bruce Gaston to make room on the roster for Ross.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Ross joined the Dolphins after being claimed on waivers from the Oakland Raiders on Aug. 31. He was waived by the Dolphins on Sept. 4 and signed to the practice squad two days later.

—Green Bay Packers reserve linebacker Andy Mulumba is out for the season after the team placed him on injured reserve.

Mulumba was previously ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions with a knee injury.