Raiders' Antonio Pierce explains 'Jordan Rules' he'll use against Patrick Mahomes next season
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For Antonio Pierce to gain more love than he already has from the Las Vegas Raiders community, beating the AFC West rival Kansas City Chiefs would be a start.
Patrick Mahomes and company are back-to-back Super Bowl champions, but Pierce believes he has a way of getting the best of them while he is head coach, and some NBA inspiration has to do with it.
During an appearance on his star edge rusher Maxx Crosby’s podcast, Pierce reference Detroit Pistons players from the "Bad Boys" era and how they disrupted the best player in the game at the time: Michael Jordan.
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Interim Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce runs off the field after the Raiders defeated the New York Giants, 30-6, at Allegiant Stadium on Nov. 5, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
"We’ve got the Jordan rules, and we’ve got what I’m calling now, from now on as long as I’m here, the Patrick Mahomes rules," Pierce said.
"You remember when Jordan was going through it with the Pistons, all those guys in the ’80s before he became Michael Jordan, Air Jordan, the Pistons used to whip his a--. Any time he came to the hole, elbows, feeling him, love taps. We’re in his head, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, I’m touching you. So I showed my guys Jordan getting his a-- whooped."
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The NBA is not the only other league Pierce has showed his players. Boxing and UFC are also in the rotation for clips that he uses to inspire a fighter’s mentality while playing.
Of course, the league is very mindful of how