Raiders Pick Kirk Cousins as Starter, Plan for Mendoza

Raiders choose Kirk Cousins as their starting quarterback this year. Right move for uh the Raiders not to put Fernando Mendoza out there right away? I think it's the right move in terms of the development. If they felt Fernando Mendoza was not ready to go then you have a veteran in Cousins which I thought was one of the smarter signings in the offseason because you don't always see teams with number one overall pick draft a quarterback and have a bridge guy ready to go and Kirk Cousins is more than just a bridge he's a guy that's been in the league for more than a decade and has been there done that for many different teams at the end of the day I think Mendoza becomes the starter after a couple of weeks look no further than team we just talked about the New England Patriots did not start Drake May right away and it was just a constant ticking question of at what point is Mayo going to go to Mayo go to May and he eventually did and I think that's what's going to happen it's not like Vegas is going to go out there and start five and oh under Cousins they may win week one because they play the pathetic Dolphins but after that as soon as they start losing and the Raiders become the Raiders again I think you're going to see all right the season's lost let's throw Mendoza in there and see what he's got but at the beginning keep in mind Dan you're you're zero and zero there is a chance the Raiders get off to a hot start with a veteran quarterback and a great running back and a new regime maybe they do get off to a hot start and make a run but they won't so once that run is squashed and they're two and six they'll go to Mendoza yeah I I've been a big fan of uh Kirk Cousins I think you look at the year years that he has had all the 4,000 yard passing seasons maybe one of the more underrated quarterbacks not elite but he's surely one of the better quarterbacks throw the ball from the pocket there