Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce is soon going to have to let certain players know they didn't make the 53-man roster, the hardest conversation any coach has to have.
While it can be an exciting time, with the fans and the team knowing what their roster is going to look like going into Week 1, having to make those cuts is, what you always hear coaches say, the hardest part of the job.
"To be honest, I had some tough cuts last year," Pierce told reporters on Wednesday. "In my third game, against the Kansas City Chiefs. Right after that with Marcus Peters. And that was difficult. But it's never easy. I don't think it's ever easy telling a gentleman they don't have a spot here. And you don't want to tell them they can't play in the National Football League; you got to keep going.
"But I think more importantly, you're looking at guys that if they don't make the roster and we put them
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