<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0DEEVI_0wFwdspP00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0DEEVI_0wFwdspP00" width="843" height="481" ></figure>The Raiders have a lot of problems right now and at the top of the list is their quarterback play.The quarterback situation isn’t something the team can’t do a lot about right now, but the issue of clock management is one that head coach Antonio Pierce needs to figure out soon. There will always be philosophical differences between head coaches and analysts, but clock management is something that many times isn’t debatable. Clock management didn’t cost the Raiders the game on Sunday, but the way Pierce handled his three timeouts in the second half could have cost the Raiders the game. As it worked out, the Raiders were so bad on offense that the team never faced the consequences of allowing time to run off the clock for no reason.Let’s take a look at what happened and determine exactly how many seconds Pierce allowed to run off the clock unnecessarily. With 2:38 remaining in the game, the Rams had just finished a first-down run by Kyren Williams.The play clock worked out perfectly that the Rams were able to run the game clock down to 2:00 with only 2 seconds remaining on the play clock. Pierce could have called timeout immediately and stopped the clock at 2:38, but he let the clock run down to 2:00 and held on to all three timeouts. From there, the Rams ran three plays, and Pierce called a timeout after each play. There were 14 seconds taken off the clock in that process and the Rams punted with 1:46 remaining in the game. The Raider offense took the field with 1:39 remaining in the game.With no timeouts remaining, every second was crucial on Sunday, and Pierce could have easily given his offense the ball with 14 additional seconds on the clock if he had simply called timeout with 2:38 remaining. The timeout at 2:38 would have left the Raiders with only two timeouts, but the 2-minute warning would have served as a their third timeout and the Rams would have punted with 2:00 on the clock instead of 1:46.It didn’t end up mattering because the Raider offense was an abomination on Sunday, but if the Raiders are going to be competitive with Pierce, this is an area the head coach needs to improve.For what it’s worth, Pierce has a game management coach in Matt Sheldon, who has 20 years of NFL experience according to the team’s website. At some point, it needs to be determined if Pierce is being advised to manage the clock poorly or if that is a decision he is making himself.<blockquote>Ted Nguyen on X (formerly Twitter): “Either Antonio Pierce completely ignores his game management guy or the Raiders need a new game management guy / X”Either Antonio Pierce completely ignores his game management guy or the Raiders need a new game management guy</blockquote>x: @raidersbeat</div></body>

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A Late Clock-Management Blunder Haunted Antonio Pierce and the Raiders Again on Sunday

The Raiders have a lot of problems right now and at the top of the list is their quarterback play. The quarterback situation isn’t something the team can’t do a lot about right now, but the issue of clock management is one that head coach Antonio Pierce needs to figure out soon.