As the football hung in the air in the final seconds of Monday night's game for what seemed like eons, one thought crossed Antonio Pierce's mind. "I just needed it to come down in Silver and Black," the Las Vegas Raiders coach said with a weary grin.

Antonio Pierce’s job as Raiders head coach is on shaky ground, but he says he and Mark Davis’s conversations have still been positive.

The Raiders made an unorthodox hire in January, keeping Antonio Pierce as their head coach despite his lacking of a