What can Raiders fans expect from Fernando Mendoza? Rookie projections for the No. 1 pick
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What can Raiders fans expect from Fernando Mendoza? Rookie projections for the No. 1 pick originally appeared on The Sporting News .
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . There is no source of optimism in football quite as strong as having a top pick under center. When that quarterback is a national champion, a Heisman winner and the only option for No.
1 overall, the hype tends to run rampant. Let it. Not because Fernando Mendoza is guaranteed to bring about a new age of Raiders football, or because Las Vegas is uniquely situated to develop him into a star.
But because Mendoza represents all that's possible, and the fun that comes with thinking your guy might be "the" guy. Raiders fans have earned the right to overreact to preseason completions and training camp clips. They'll be calling him better than Bo Nix by the bye week, with much loftier comparisons if things go well.
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