Magnanimous Posted July 18 Posted July 18 1 hour ago, OliviaPope40 said: Can these stop at some point? LIHoosier, mike vannice, cthomas and 1 other 4 Quote
jermhoosierfan Posted July 22 Posted July 22 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2026/07/22/fernando-mendoza-raiders-contract-unsigned/91004260007/ The signing bonus is holding things up. It also looks like they will start Cousins starting the year out which I can see them doing. BtownStrength and Home Jersey 2 Quote
jermhoosierfan Posted July 23 Posted July 23 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49433918/raiders-sign-no-1-pick-fernando-mendoza-rookie-contract He is signed for 4 years with the 5th year option for $57.27 million. Training camp opens next week. OliviaPope40 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 23 Posted July 23 Another story on the contract: https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/first-nfl-contract-details-former-iu-football-qb-fernando-mendoza-signs-with-las-vegas/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTPT8RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFPbTBRTE5leDQ1TE4xa2lTc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkIGRMQyb2Fcn0Oyf6jNvThsaASOYQhgkTTD6YJj9pToMh8w6_O2oVdAxNYY_aem_mqQAzDakDQ3-1bAgJTwB8A Also from TDH. OliviaPope40 and jermhoosierfan 2 Quote
jermhoosierfan Posted July 23 Posted July 23 43 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Another story on the contract: https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/first-nfl-contract-details-former-iu-football-qb-fernando-mendoza-signs-with-las-vegas/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTPT8RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFPbTBRTE5leDQ1TE4xa2lTc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkIGRMQyb2Fcn0Oyf6jNvThsaASOYQhgkTTD6YJj9pToMh8w6_O2oVdAxNYY_aem_mqQAzDakDQ3-1bAgJTwB8A Also from TDH. What is crazy is that Nando's contract is just over half of the total of them. #1 picks get paid!! OliviaPope40 1 Quote
DChoosier Posted July 27 Posted July 27 On 7/23/2026 at 4:48 PM, jermhoosierfan said: What is crazy is that Nando's contract is just over half of the total of them. #1 picks get paid!! Yes they do. As the number one pick Nando got 57.3mm over 4 years while Cooper, as a first round #30 pick, signed for nearly 17.5mm. Pretty quick drop-off. Cooper at 17.5 over 4 years barely exceeds (by 17+ million) what I made in my first 4 years out of college. American HoosierX, WayneFleekHoosier, 8bucks and 1 other 4 Quote
Stuhoo Posted July 31 Posted July 31 I am fully aware that here are good reasons that NFL teams don’t start rookie qbs right away, but Fernando Mendoza is currently slated to back up… this guy: Hollywood Mike Miranda and HoosierCoop 2 Quote
jermhoosierfan Posted July 31 Posted July 31 13 hours ago, Stuhoo said: I am fully aware that here are good reasons that NFL teams don’t start rookie qbs right away, but Fernando Mendoza is currently slated to back up… this guy: Yep, that is an older guy doing sprint. LOL Quote
Brass Cannon Posted July 31 Posted July 31 I honestly think it’s smart they want to see if they have an offensive line before sending Mendoza out there. Let Cousins get murdered if the line doesn’t work out str8baller, jermhoosierfan, DChoosier and 2 others 5 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted August 5 Posted August 5 Honors just keep coming. Hollywood Mike Miranda and OliviaPope40 2 Quote
HoosierCoop Posted August 6 Posted August 6 On 7/31/2026 at 11:37 AM, Brass Cannon said: I honestly think it’s smart they want to see if they have an offensive line before sending Mendoza out there. Let Cousins get murdered if the line doesn’t work out Agreed! View and work out the bugs of your O-line first. Sacrificial Lamb! Quote
jermhoosierfan Posted Thursday at 12:38 PM Posted Thursday at 12:38 PM Yahoo is hearing that Mendoza will play a lot tonight and possibly get some first team reps also against the Cardinals. I might see if I can find it somewhere. I did pick him up with the 5th pick in a Dynasty League I am in out of 16 teams to back up Bryce Young. I got him for the future. Tuesday 3:29 PM | Rotowire.com Should get plenty of reps Raiders coach Klint Kubiak said Tuesday that Mendoza will play in Thursday's preseason opener against Arizona and may even get a few snaps with the starting offensive line, Ryan McFadden of ESPN.com reports. Advice: It sounds like Kirk Cousins will make the start, but Mendoza could enter the game fairly early on, and he's expected to play a lot this preseason (if not necessarily Thursday night). Kubiak hasn't announced his Week 1 starter, but Cousins has been treated as the starter throughout training camp. mamasa and Demo 2 Quote
LIHoosier Posted Thursday at 02:02 PM Posted Thursday at 02:02 PM 1 hour ago, jermhoosierfan said: Yahoo is hearing that Mendoza will play a lot tonight and possibly get some first team reps also against the Cardinals. I might see if I can find it somewhere. I did pick him up with the 5th pick in a Dynasty League I am in out of 16 teams to back up Bryce Young. I got him for the future. Tuesday 3:29 PM | Rotowire.com Should get plenty of reps Raiders coach Klint Kubiak said Tuesday that Mendoza will play in Thursday's preseason opener against Arizona and may even get a few snaps with the starting offensive line, Ryan McFadden of ESPN.com reports. Advice: It sounds like Kirk Cousins will make the start, but Mendoza could enter the game fairly early on, and he's expected to play a lot this preseason (if not necessarily Thursday night). Kubiak hasn't announced his Week 1 starter, but Cousins has been treated as the starter throughout training camp. I checked it yesterday. If you have NFL network, they're replaying the game overnight and sometime on Friday afternoon. It might be better to wait and see if some Raiders yotuber makes a compilation video of Fernandos pass attempts and avoid having to watch Raiders/Cardinals..yuck. Stuhoo 1 Quote
spe317 Posted Thursday at 02:23 PM Posted Thursday at 02:23 PM 1 hour ago, jermhoosierfan said: Yahoo is hearing that Mendoza will play a lot tonight and possibly get some first team reps also against the Cardinals. I might see if I can find it somewhere. I did pick him up with the 5th pick in a Dynasty League I am in out of 16 teams to back up Bryce Young. I got him for the future. Tuesday 3:29 PM | Rotowire.com Should get plenty of reps Raiders coach Klint Kubiak said Tuesday that Mendoza will play in Thursday's preseason opener against Arizona and may even get a few snaps with the starting offensive line, Ryan McFadden of ESPN.com reports. Advice: It sounds like Kirk Cousins will make the start, but Mendoza could enter the game fairly early on, and he's expected to play a lot this preseason (if not necessarily Thursday night). Kubiak hasn't announced his Week 1 starter, but Cousins has been treated as the starter throughout training camp. It’s also on ESPN Unlimited which sounds like code for it’ll be pirated somewhere for free! jermhoosierfan 1 Quote
jermhoosierfan Posted Thursday at 04:53 PM Posted Thursday at 04:53 PM 2 hours ago, spe317 said: It’s also on ESPN Unlimited which sounds like code for it’ll be pirated somewhere for free! Yeah, I was thinking that which I might have to dust off the website I was using last winter for IUBB and some Cubs games earlier this year. LOL Quote
AZ Hoosier Posted Thursday at 11:23 PM Posted Thursday at 11:23 PM SIAP https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49602122/source-cardinals-beck-rib-derailing-rematch-vs-mendoza Beck is sitting this one out... wha a wuss. cthomas 1 Quote
LamarCheeks Posted Friday at 12:58 AM Posted Friday at 12:58 AM Poor 'Nando. The friggin' Raiders have absolutely no discipline -- six penalties in the first quarter and a half or so. Difficult to get into any sort of rhythm. Quote
LIHoosier Posted Friday at 01:01 AM Posted Friday at 01:01 AM Nando throwed a touchdown! Home Jersey 1 Quote
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