Mark Davis: "Absolutely no pressure whatsoever" from me to start Fernando Mendoza
Raiders owner Mark Davis told reporters there is "absolutely no pressure whatsoever" from him to start rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza, per ProFootballTalk, with Kirk Cousins leading the team to a 4-4 record through eight games.
The Raiders have gotten good play out of quarterback Kirk Cousins through the first eight games of the season, with the team sitting at 4-4 after Sunday’s victory over the Jets.
Sharp take
Sharp SixAddCousins has put up 30.7 and 23.4 FFPC points the last two weeks and is rostered in 0.3% of the field. That is the entire story, and an owner publicly declining to meddle is the closest thing to a start confirmation you get in November. Las Vegas is a 10-point underdog in a 51.5-point game at San Francisco, which is a lot of garbage-time passing for a quarterback nobody owns. Add Cousins if your QB room is thin. Mendoza stays on the wire until someone actually says otherwise.
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Our read on ProFootballTalk’s reporting. Not a fact beyond the source.
Players: Ray Davis, Fernando Mendoza, Kirk Cousins
Teams: Las Vegas Raiders, New York Jets