With eight players on injured reserve — four of which were either starters or game-day contributors — and an injury report that grew by the week, head coach Antonio Pierce knew his Las Vegas Raiders were in dire need of a reprieve during the bye week.
“I don’t think we’ll practice at all this week to be honest with you,” Pierce said during his Monday press conference to begin this week. “We’ll meet, we’ll have some self scout moments. We’ll have some time to reflect and talk, and at that point take a deep breath, reset, reset as a staff, reset as a team, and then get back together probably more than likely on Monday and Tuesday.