A contentious team meeting in the days before he was fired, all but sealed Josh McDaniels' fate with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to a report.

"There was such a big disconnect with the players there and Josh McDaniels," Jay Glazer reported on FOX. "The players had recently gone upstairs to the owner, Mark Davis, to tell (him) what their problems were."

Eventually an "airing of the grievances" occurred at a meeting between coaches and players, per Glazer, where "players just unloaded on Josh McDaniels, from captain to captain to player to player."

McDaniels had linebackers coach Antonio Pierce "get up and speak on behalf of him" at the conclusion. But Pierce reportedly referenced the New York Giants' old Super Bowl upsets of the New England Patriots as a motivational tool, which offended McDaniels, the Patriots' longtime offensive coordinator.

Word of the discord soon spread to Mark Davis, who preferred Pierce's messaging, per Glazer, and soon fired McDaniels, only to name Pierce the Raiders' interim coach for the remainder of 2023.