Las Vegas Raiders Coach Antonio Pierce Post Loss to the Cincinnati Bengals

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00:00That's an issue, that's an issue.

00:07AP five ankle injuries, have you ever seen anything like that at one specific area?

00:12No, no, man, just got depleted, guys kept battling to the very end,

00:17although I appreciate the fight.

00:19Maybe a change of quarterback, what did you see, man, what was the reason for that?

00:22Just trying to get a spark for offense.

00:24Tony, do you feel like you guys have hit rock bottom, or where do you guys go?

00:31Today wasn't a good day in the office, got the bye week to reset,

00:35need to look at everything, and when I say everything, everything.

00:38How can you, is there anything that you can put your finger on, or why?

00:41No, I mean, that wasn't a good enough effort, obviously,

00:45the score will tell you that, it looked like that the entire game,

00:47except for probably the first quarter, but again,

00:50just gonna have to reset over the bye week.

00:52Got enough time to sit there and really, really,

00:54really dive into what we can do to fix this, cuz it can't continue.

00:59What were your impressions of guys when they came in?

01:02I mean, just probably what I thought, you know what I mean?

01:04We didn't get to see the athleticism until late, but

01:08you did get to see that, see them move around the pocket, you see the strong arm.

01:11I mean, again, he's ten days in the building, but

01:14I thought obviously he's competing, and I said, the guys at the very end just keep

01:18competing, fellas, fight, let me have some pride about it, and I thought they did it.

01:22I know you guys have had some injuries on defense, but is there any explanation for

01:26why the defense hasn't played as well this year as it was last year?

01:30I got a whole week to figure that out, and we gotta do a better job as a staff.

01:33Today, we're already at four to five, four for five, start of the game with scoring,

01:38and obviously that wasn't expected, and we had high expectations for

01:41the defense, and obviously we're not playing well enough.

01:44Are you guys better at anything now than you were when you took over?

01:47One more time?

01:48Are you better at things now than when you took over?

01:50The record says otherwise, it says that it's not, so.

01:55They're tight ends had a lot of success today, we saw there as far as the tight ends.

01:59I mean, some good tight ends, good matches, obviously pitch and

02:02catch a little bit for the quarterback.

02:05Tighter coverage, and obviously had a blown coverage there.

02:07Any preliminary word yet, Antonio, on the angles for both Nate and Colton?

02:12No, I mean, none of them obviously came back, so we'll get back to Vegas, and

02:15obviously some more chess and see where we go from there.

02:18What's the message to the team as they hit the bye week in terms of that reset?

02:22Yeah, we gotta reset, I mean, it goes for all of us.

02:24I mean, it's a group effort, it's a team effort.

02:28We all gotta find a way to do better.

02:30We wanna pinpoint from this game, we're looking at a lot of things from coaches,

02:34to play calling, to players, to executions, to situations,

02:38that we all can do a much better job and put ourselves in a position to

02:42get into the fourth quarter and actually have a chance to win and

02:45not be always playing catch up.

02:46Do you anticipate making any changes in terms of what-

02:48I got to use the bye week to look at everything.

02:51It's not just the bye week, Antonio, there's also the trade deadline coming up.

02:54I mean, does that weigh any heavier on you or any different?

02:56That's probably a Julesco question.

02:58I mean, I'm sure there's options there.

02:59We'll see what we can do.

03:00Antonio, I know you guys are gonna use injuries as an excuse, but

03:03you already had a bunch of guys out going into this week and

03:05lost five players due to injury in this game.

03:08I mean, is it, I don't know how to put this, but

03:11is it realistic to be able to sustain that many injuries going into something like this?

03:15I'm just playing younger and younger, just being younger and younger and younger.

03:17More opportunities for somebody else to step up,

03:18just because you're a pro football player, a professional.

03:21We talked about that last night, it has an opportunity, and when you get them,

03:23gotta be prepared, right?

03:24Everybody wants to play, and regardless of how it is or where it goes,

03:27man, it's just the nature of the beast.

03:28That's what's happening to us right now.

03:30Nobody feels sorry for us, and we don't feel sorry for ourselves.

03:33We go out there when we're 11 and do our best.

03:34So to Cameron coming in the mix, was that because of performance of other players or

03:39just trying to get him- No, just get him going.

03:41Last week I think he had eight or nine reps.

03:42This week we're trying to get him up there in that 20, 25 reps.

03:45Mason plays, he's doing a good job, and just keep getting these younger guys going.

03:49You guys scored a touchdown in the first session before the last five games.

03:52Any fears that the Whitefeeters are falling off after that first drive?

03:55We got this bye week to look at that.

03:57You guys all set?

03:58Thanks, coach. Appreciate it, coach.

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