Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce is taking the meaning of family culture to a whole new level

The Las Vegas Raiders have established a new culture since Antonio Pierce has taken over. Before, Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler, who were formerly with the New England Patriots, tried to bring the Patriots Way over to the Silver and Black. And, well, that obviously didn't work.

Pierce brought the old Raider Way back - the only way that will ever work in Las Vegas. That's the biggest reason why Pierce was the guy that the franchise decided to hire this offseason and not someone else who is from the outside and doesn't know what it means to be a Raider.

Since he's been hired, he's taken that vulture and turned it into something really special. He has hired people who fit the culture and turned it all into a family. There is a reason he won the locker room over when he became the interim head coach.

Pierce has even brought that family culture up to a whole other level. He's done what we have seen happen quite often in this league.

"I have been going to work with him every day, so now I'm kind of used to it," De'Andre Pierce, son of Antonio Pierce said. "So in high school, he coached me my last two years. In college, the same thing, he coached me my last two years. Now here. Honestly, having him, and being able to have him at all three levels, as a player and a coach, it's been a dream.

"Obviously, I see him at home as a dad, but when we get to the facility, it's completely different. We are in football mode. We are so like-minded, in terms of our mindset, mentality, and everything when it comes to winning. That part has been amazing. Obviously, talking about the elephant in the room - I'm the head coach's son, I'm the youngest on the staff. But at the end of the day, we all have this opportunity, and I'm going to take it and run with it."