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It’s officially Antonio Pierce’s show with the Las Vegas Raiders, as he had the interim head coach tag removed last month, becoming the team’s full-time head coach.
Pierce was named interim head coach after Josh McDaniels was fired following the Raiders’ Week 8 loss to the Detroit Lions. Las Vegas went 5-4 under Pierce.
The Raiders’ standout moments under Pierce included a road win against the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day and a 63-21 dismantling of the Los Angeles Chargers, leading to the franchise firing head coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco — who’s now ironically the Raiders general manager — the next day.
On the latest edition of “All Facts No Brakes,” Pierce explained to host Keyshawn Johnson why the win over Kansas City was sweet.
“That felt good, I ain’t gonna lie,” Pierce said about the win. “You know why? Because that first game [against the Chiefs], I think a lot of people kinda forget we were up 14-0, and we had a couple flaws on defense where we kinda let the floodgates open, and Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid got rolling. They started making plays. Next thing you know it’s 31-17. ‘I’m like god damn, what happened?’ I said ‘this time, we’re not gonna do it.’ We gonna jump on them early, which I felt we could, but I wanted to overwhelm them with our energy, our passion, our physicality, mentally, emotionally.
“I told Maxx to make sure he touched 15 [Mahomes] every play. I made sure I told Jack and our DBs, ‘make sure you’re out there woofing as you’re calling out calls’; we’re playing that mind game with them. And from the offensive side of the ball, I wanted to be as physical as possible. … to go into Arrowhead on Christmas Day, when I know everybody is watching, the way the game went was beautiful.”
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Publish date : 2024-02-09 16:21:34
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