The Raiders needed to shake things up. Las Vegas entered November 3–5, smarting from back-to-back double-digit losses at the hands of the Bears and Lions.
Accordingly, the Raiders fired coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler on Oct. 31. McDaniels’s dismissal and the subsequent elevation of linebackers coach Antonio Pierce to interim coach seemed to instantly improve the mood of Las Vegas's locker room.
There is a catch: the firings reportedly came at a significant financial cost. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Raiders owner Mark Davis will shell out an astounding $85 million to sack McDaniels and Ziegler.