Raiders coach Antonio Pierce used a profanity Monday morning to describe the season's first half, but with a week off to contemplate all that went wrong, his attention turns to finding hope over his team's final eight games.

Back to the Raiders being in limbo at the QB position. In the third quarter of Sunday's game, looking at a 31-10 deficit, the Raiders pulled starter Gardner Minshew in favor of Desmond Ridder.

Antonio Pierce was bumped up to the head coaching job with the Raiders in midseason last year and he made some major changes to his staff at midseason this year.