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Sunday, October 13, 2024
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Pierce's Raiders Fall to the Steelers
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Antonio Pierce's Las Vegas Raiders were hit with a bad case of déjà vu in their Week 6, 32-13 defeat against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
It was the second straight week that the Raiders got off to a fast start in the first half and then lost grasp of the momentum down the stretch due to penalties and turnovers. Over the last two contests, they've turned the ball over to the opposing defense six times – three in each game.
While the Raiders committed three less penalties than the Steelers, two of them proved costly, wiping out a touchdown pass from Aidan O'Connell to Alexander Mattison as well as an interception by Divine Deablo.
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
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Pierce Announces Quarterback Change for Raiders
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Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach Antonio Pierce announced, “Aidan O'Connell will start for the Las Vegas Raiders this Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
The second-year quarterback was in a battle for the position with Gardner Minshew II this offseason, with Minshew ultimately winning the job out of training camp. Minshew threw for 1,014 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions before Pierce made the decision to go with O'Connell.
"It was my decision. Just felt it was the best for our offense going forward," Pierce said.
O'Connell took over at starting quarterback in Week 9 of the 2023 season after getting his first ever start in Week 4 against the Chargers. He posted a 5-5 record as a starter with 2,218 passing yards and a 12:7 touchdown to interception ratio as a rookie.
"What I respected the most is when we named Gardner the starter, O'Connell said, 'Alright, I'm going to be the best scout team quarterback possible.' And he was lighting our ass up," Pierce said. "Every day he gave us the best look and he walked around with a smile on his face. ... He's just a great teammate. All of those things factor into our decisions."
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Monday, October 07, 2024
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Bermuda Flag Football Season Underway
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The Bermuda Flag Football Season got underway with just one game played at the TNT Tatem Middle School Field.
In the season opener the Ravens edged the Seahawks 48 - 47.
The Player of the game for the Ravens was Ryan Rabain throwing for seven Touchdown Passes, while the Player of the game for Seahawks was Seward Smith also throwing for seven Touchdown Passes.
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Sunday, September 29, 2024
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Pierce's Raiders Defeat the Browns
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Last week when the Las Vegas Raiders lost their home opener to the Carolina Panthers, something was showing up on the tape that wasn't showing up against the Los Angeles Chargers or the Baltimore Ravens. It was a very big issue, and head coach Antonio Pierce was not afraid to call the team out on it.
This week the Las Vegas Raiders went into their matchup against the Cleveland Browns down six starters.
The Las Vegas Raiders used a strong defense as well as a balanced running game to hold off a late rally to beat the Cleveland Browns 20 - 16.
Cleveland drove to the Raiders 9-yard line, but Deshaun Watson was sacked by Charles Snowden with 41 seconds left to seal the victory.
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Sunday, September 22, 2024
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Pierce's Raiders Fall to the Panthers
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Antonio Pierce’s Las Vegas Raiders went down 36 -22 to the Carolina Panthers at home.
Pierce angrily rocked back and forth for more than five minutes at the postgame podium, the Las Vegas Raiders coach searching for answers in the wake of his team's stunning 36-22 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
Pierce was sure of one thing: his team did not show up for its home opener -- and he went in on some unnamed players.
"As the game went on," Pierce said, "I think there was definitely some individuals that made business decisions. And we'll make business decisions going forward as well.
"We got our ass whupped...I would have booed us, too."
Carolina had just benched starting quarterback Bryce Young. It headed to Southern Nevada at 0-2 on the season while ranking dead last in points scored and points allowed. In fact, Dave Canales’ squad was outscored by a combined 60 points over the first two weeks of the season.
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