Is the Raiders head coaching job too much for Antonio Pierce?
FS1 host Collin Cowherd talked about the draw of the Raiders HC job this week and he believes it will be one of the most difficult places to win in the NFL for the foreseeable future.
“In a division with Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton, Antonio Pierce, and I know him, and I like him, he feels overwhelmed,” Cowherd said on The Herd this week.
“That is the best coaching division. You’re making an argument now, you have three first-ballot Hall of Fame coaches,” Cowherd continued.
“Antonio Pierce has never been a head coach. I don’t think it was a winning proposition. Does it sound to you like going into a season, Antonio Pierce and Gardner Minshew against Harbaugh and Herbert, Mahomes and Reid? I think it is a very interesting job. They have a left tackle, a superstar tight end, and an all-world pass rusher. They to me are an offensive coach and quarterback away from being interesting. But even if they get it right, the division is a Hall of Fame Mount Rushmore.”
Cowherd then moved the conversation to Mike Vrabel, who has been reported to be at the top of the Raiders’ candidate list if Pierce is fired at the end of the season.
Cowherd said he talks with the former Titans head coach and hinted that the Bears job might be considered the better job by Vrabel, who is expected to be one of the most coveted coaching candidates in this year’s hiring cycle.
“If I was the Raiders, I would absolutely offer Vrabel the job, but if I was Vrabel I wouldn’t take it,” Cowherd said. “I speak with Mike Vrabel and I will tell you that what matters to him, and I don’t want to get too much into the details, is roster composition. I think it’s reasonable to think that [Bill] Belichick and Vrabel both see Chicago as a very good roster right now.”
There’s no question Cowherd has connections within the NFL, but he’s never been one to be particularly plugged in on the Raiders.
A year ago, Cowherd said his USC sources gave him a draft nugget on Caleb Williams that turned out to be hodgepodge, as well.
Time will tell if Vrabel views the Chicago job the way Cowherd describes because the job will almost certainly be offered to him after the season.
x: @raidersbeat
Sean Payton is not a hall of fame coach.
I don’t think Cowturd is plugged into any team he is a talking head getting paid to do what he’s doing stir up turmoil & spout nonsense whenever & where ever it will do the most harm
AP feels overwhelmed? Ya think??????
Yup, Telesco gave AP 2 nails a screwdriver and 3 screws all the items to work with. So freakin pathetic! Fire Telesco now!
GREAT ASSETMENT AP NEEDS TO GET MORE EXPERIENCE BUT THEN WILL IT HURT HIM IN THE LONG RUN …LETTIN GO JOSH JACOBS AN SO MANY OTHER PKAYERS AP NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SUCCEED…
Overwhelmed maybe, but he did well in division games last season. So it’s not just the division.