Pierce has remained vocal throughout the year. Early on in the season, he called his players out for making 'business decisions'. There was also the situation in which he liked an instagram post, something which kickstarted the Davante Adams trade rumors.

Pierce doesn’t at all seem to be insulting the Raiders as being the worst in football as much as he’s accepting that the tepid public expectations for his team in Friday’s game against quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.

When owner Mark Davis decided to remove the interim tag and make Antonio Pierce the permanent head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, the former NFL linebacker still had plenty to learn about being a head coach.