Raiders-Panthers What they’re saying: Antonio Pierce calls out team’s effort after blowout loss

A game that looked very winnable for the Las Vegas Raiders heading into it ended up being anything but that.

The Raiders might have made the scoreboard look prettier with a couple of late touchdowns—one by Gardner Minshew and one by Aidan O'Connell—the Panthers were in control for just about all 60 minutes of game time, holding a 33-7 fourth-quarter lead before the garbage time scores.

Offensively, Las Vegas didn't pick up where it left off and continue driving forward with the momentum it built last week. Instead, the unit went in reverse with five three-and-outs, an inept running game and a short ineffective passing attack. That led to Antonio Pierce switching quarterbacks at the end of the contest, giving Aidan O'Connell some playing time.

On the other side of the ball, the Raiders secondary gave up over 320 yards to Andy Dalton while Chuba Hubbard shredded them for 21 carries and 114 yards (5.4 ypc) with five catches, 55 yards and a touchdown as a receiver.

The team had checked out by the end of the game, so Pierce called out their effort in his post-game press conference and touched on the quarterback switch.

Pierce said players made "business decisions" and suggests some changes are going to be made based on that.

On the quarterback switch:

No matter how many times it happens, losses like this still hurt.

The Mayor of Flavor Town left Allegiant Stadium with a bad taste in his mouth.

Davante Adams' reaction will be cannon fodder for the mainstream media this week.

And during the home opener...

What do you guys think?

Any game that should be an "easy win" for the Raiders, never is and this needs to be studied.

Should the Raiders cool it on the cigars moving forward? Is this loss that bad?