Antonio Pierce knows that it won’t be easy to get his Las Vegas Raiders past Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, especially if the two AFC West foes were to meet in the playoffs.
During a recent appearance on his Second-Team All-Pro pass rusher Maxx Crosby’s podcast, the Raiders’ head coach revealed his plan to get under the star quarterback’s skin
Of course, what Pierce is referring to was Detroit Pistons’ coach Chuck Daly’s strategy for stopping Michael Jordan in the late 1980s. The scheme basically required Pistons players to lay the wood on Jordan every time he got in the paint, to remind him that they were there, and they weren’t going to give him anything easy. He’d have to earn everything he got and go through some pain to get it.
Pierce landed the permanent job in Las Vegas after leading the team to a 5-4 record during his time as the interim head coach. One of those five wins was a 20-14 victory over the Chiefs, where Pierce’s defense sacked Mahomes four times and returned an interception for a touchdown. So, is this all talk, or does Pierce actually have a few tricks up his sleeve
