Displaying true grit — Check.
Playing the style of football the head coach wanted from the get — Double Check.
A patented miscue to thwart the upset bid over the defending Super Bowl champions — Emphatic Check.
In one game on Black Friday, Antonio Pierce got to see it all as his Las Vegas Raiders fell 19-17 to the Kansas City Chiefs.
“They fought their asses off until the end,” Pierce said in the post game press conference. “All three phases at some point contributed to help us get into that position.