Will Antonio Pierce be back next year if the Raiders lose out?
That was the question posed to The Athletic’s Vic Tafur this week, and he believes the Raiders owner still has confidence in Pierce.
“You never know with Mark Davis. I think he really wants to bring Antonio Piers back,” Tafur said on the Just Win podcast.
“He was really mad today. I saw him walking today. He had a red face going, so he’s not happy. I can’t imagine what he’d be like if they lost the rest of their games. But like I said, I think he really wants to bring Antonio back next year.”
Vinny Bonsignore covers the Raiders for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and he had a little more aggressive take last week on the chances Pierce could be a ‘one and done’ head coach.
“It does feel like Pierce has some ground to make up over the Raiders’ last nine games to secure his future in Las Vegas,” Bonsignore said.
It’s worth noting that Tom Brady is probably going to be involved in all executive and head coaching decisions after the season and outside of losing to Pierce in Super Bowl XLII, Brady doesn’t have any professional history with the former Giants linebacker.
There’s a lot of regular season left, but if the Raiders don’t show signs of improvement in the next two months, it’s hard to imagine Pierce is going to get another year to make his case.
Former Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon talked about the future of the organization this week and he isn’t optimistic that Pierce will be around after this season.
“At some point you have to look at the whole operation. I’m hoping that’s what is going to happen at the end of the season,” Gannon told Michael Lombardi on VSiN Live. “I can’t imagine Antonio Pierce will be back next year.”
The Raiders made coaching changes yesterday, but why did they stop at Luke Getsy? Las Vegas needs a complete remodel. And Antonio Pierce isn't qualified to remodel a living room, let alone an NFL franchise.@RichGannon12 and I broke down the organizational issues on @VSiNLive. pic.twitter.com/3nZIlKdNyg
— Michael Lombardi (@mlombardiNFL) November 4, 2024
