Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Is In His Prime & How Does Coach Antonio Pierce Plan On Stopping Him?

Antonio Pierce believes that in order to stop Patrick Mahomes, the Raiders should take a cue from the “Bad Boys” Pistons.

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Is In His Prime & How Does Coach Antonio Pierce Plan On Stopping Him?

In an appearance on his star defensive lineman Maxx Crosby’s podcast, Pierce—who was just hired the new head coach of the Raiders—discussed the days when Pistons players like Bill Laimbeer roughed up Michael Jordan to make him reconsider going to the hoop.

“We’ve got the Jordan rules and we’ve got what I’m calling now, from now on as long as I’m here, the Patrick Mahomes rules,” Pierce said, as covered by ProFootballTalk.

The things that coaches and players say to one other and the things they say in public typically diverge. Antonio Pierce, the newly appointed Raiders coach, took a sledgehammer to that wall during a recent podcast interview with Maxx Crosby.

Pierce specifically made the subtle point about how violent football is by nature public.

Pierce freely discussed how the Pistons used to play Michael Jordan—that is, with unrelenting, gratuitous physicality—to beat Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

“You remember when Jordan was going through it with the Pistons, all those guys in the ’80s before he became Michael Jordan, Air Jordan, the Pistons used to whip his ass. Any time he came to the hole, elbows, feeling him, love taps. We’re in his head, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, I’m touching you. So I showed my guys Jordan getting his ass whooped.”

Pierce disclosed that in an effort to instill a fighter’s attitude in the Raiders, he has also been showing them films from several professional bouts, including boxing and UFC.

“We’ve got to knock off the head of the snake. Fifteen. Hate the color red,” Pierce said. “There’s a hatred for the Chiefs.”

Pierce said he wants his players to get in Mahomes’ head — “mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually” — and to teach his players to hate the Chiefs quarterback as part of restoring the franchise’s “Commitment to Excellence.”

Did Antonio Pierce win a Super Bowl?

As the Raiders’ interim head coach in 2023, Pierce—a nine-year NFL veteran and a former Super Bowl champion, team captain, and Pro Bowl selection—finished with a 5-4 record in nine games.

Why did Antonio Pierce retire?

Due to injuries, Super Bowl-winning linebacker Antonio Pierce had to resign from the NFL after nine seasons.

Is Antonio Pierce a Hall of Famer?

The California Community College Athletics Association inducted Pierce into its Hall of Fame in 2011.

 

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