Antonio Pierce's experience as an NFL head coach might have presented an issue when he put together his staff ahead of the 2024 season.
The MMQB's Albert Breer reported Monday that there's "some pessimism in that building on the direction of the team right now."
"Part of the issue to this point, as I've heard it, is the way Pierce patched the staff together, rather than making sure there was alignment on both sides of the ball," Breer wrote. "That led to coaches having to invest time teaching other coaches, which didn't help with the players.