There seems to be momentum building that the Las Vegas Raiders will end up promoting both interim head coach Antonio Pierce and interim general manager Champ Kelly.
That, of course, is the strong preference of the Raiders’ locker room. Players have loudly supported that the in-season replacements for the fired Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler get promoted for weeks. Star defensive end Maxx Crosby made national headlines recently when he admitted that he could potentially ask for a trade if Pierce isn’t retained.
Crosby explained on his podcast during Saturday that he’s been
blowing up” the phone of Raiders’ owner Mark Davis, voicing his support of keeping the current tandem.