Raiders QB Situation Could Reportedly Go Either Way

Then, next week, the Silver and Black will make it official by taking the top quarterback in Fernando Mendoza out of Indiana University with the first overall pick. All the things we have seen from this player last season were incredible. All the things we have been hearing about Mendoza this offseason have been great, and what you want to hear from a quarterback who is going to be the future of this team and franchise for a long time. The Raiders are in a good position.

Cousins or Mendoza in Week 1?

The conversations have now turned to what the Raiders will do heading into next season regarding who the starting quarterback will be. For the Raiders, it is clear. Let Mendoza sit and learn the system, and have Cousins teach and mentor him.

For some, Cousins is the starter next season, and Mendoza will be developed and ready to take over the offense and be the future of the Silver and Black. For others, they could see a competition in training camp.

“It feels to me like Kirk Cousins,” Rapoport said. “Money Talks, he is going to make $20 million as a quarterback for the Raiders. He has not been told that 'You’re the week one starter.'"

"I do not believe he has been told because there is a chance that they get there and Fernando Mendoza is so good and so intellectually ready, which it sounds like you know… But I would say money generally talks, so I would expect him to be the starter. And how long it lasts? I don’t know, but like, he played pretty well by the end of the year. I think he might have some years left.”

It will come down to what the Raiders' plans are for these quarterbacks. Right now, it is for Cousins to start well Mendoza develops. It will be hard to see the Raiders move off that plan and have Mendoza be the starter in Week 1.