It’s certainly not easy for any defense to play against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, but it sounds like the Las Vegas Raiders are planning to take a page out of the Detroit Pistons playbook, imitating the way they handled Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
During a recent appearance on Maxx Crosby’s The Rush podcast, new Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce said that the team wants to be a little extra physical against Patrick Mahomes when they take on the Chiefs, similar to how the Detroit Pistons played against Michael Jordan and the Bulls.
“We’ve got the Jordan Rules and we’ve got what I’m calling now as long as I’m here, the Patrick Mahomes Rules,” Pierce said on the podcast according to USA Today. “You remember when Jordan was going through it with the Pistons, all those guys in the ’80s before he became Air Jordan, the Pistons used to whip his [behind]. Any time he came to the hole: elbows, feeling him, love taps. We’re in his head, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually.
“So I showed my guys Jordan getting his [tail] whooped, consistently.”
Obviously, it worked out this year with the Raiders defeating the Chiefs by a score of 20-14. We’ll have to see if the plan works in the future.
