If the Las Vegas Raiders aren’t cautious they may lose their gamers’ alternative to be the team’s new head coach. According to a report from NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo on Friday morning, the Tennessee Titans are set to interview Raiders interim coach Antonio Pierce this week.
Pierce took over the Raiders job earlier this season following the in-season firing of Josh McDaniels. Pierce oversaw an instantaneous turnaround in Las Vegas that noticed the team go 5-4 within the second half and dramatically enhance their protection. Under McDaniels, the Raiders allowed 23.5 factors per recreation however allowed simply 16 factors per recreation. That second-half schedule noticed the Raiders play a number of robust offenses, together with Kansas City twice, Miami and Indianapolis.
The 23.5 factors per recreation below McDaniels would have ranked twenty fifth within the NFL for the season. The 16 factors allowed per recreation below Pierce would have ranked first within the NFL.
Several Raiders gamers, together with huge receiver DaVante Adams, have spoken publicly in favor of hiring Pierce.
The reality it has not occurred but, and that he is now exploring choices exterior of Las Vegas, must be regarding to Raiders gamers and followers. Especially since it could not be the primary time in recent times that proprietor Mark Davis made a questionable choice. Back in 2021 he had Rich Bisaccia as his interim coach and watched him lead the Raiders to a 7-5 document and the playoffs after taking up for Jon Gruden. Instead of giving Bisaccia an opportunity as his full-time coach, he made the now-infamous alternative to rent Josh McDaniels.
The Titans head teaching job is open following the team’s choice to transfer on from Mike Vrabel earlier this week.
Finding a great head coach is robust. The Raiders might need lucked their method into one with Pierce given the way in which he completed the season. They simply can’t make the identical mistake they made two years in the past and refuse to acknowledge it.
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