Well, Raiders are in a tough divison as it now clearly appears that Nix can be a solid to good starter. After a slow start of dink and dunk, he's able to hit deep throws, and with Payton as his OC & HC, LV right now far behind in their HC, Reid, Harbaugh, Payton and the QB position.
I'm not anti Pierce, but that late game meltdown vs KC reveals either indecisive coaching or bad coaching in that the O couldn't execute the spike on 2nd down fast enough to leave enough time to comfortably run another play and still clock it on 1st down after making the line of the gain for 3 more yards.
1st down play ended at 28 seconds. Takes 13 seconds to spike. If they do that again, their 3rd down play can only last 1 second? A spike play should be easy. Assuming it is 2x2 on either side for the receivers, basic rules of which of the inside or outside guy gets set on the Line or behind the Line while the other guy does the opposite to ensure 7 on the LOS. OL, same stance as any other play. RB just line up anywhere behind the QB and don't move.