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Totally different situation here. He knows what's going on with this one. Penix selection was out of nowhere.
Probably, but who knows what is being said behind closed doors.

April 2nd: "Kirk, we are gonna draft Mendoza 1st overall but he will ride the bench most or all of the season, we want you starting while he gets ready, he needs some time."

September 1st: "Whoopsies sorry the fans REALLY want to see Mendoza play so uhhh nevermind on the whole 'you're the starter' thing.... uh.... enjoy some free gatorade"
 
I read something just recently, that said he was going to wait before signing anywhere, I'm assuming it was because of what he just went through.
Guess not.
 
Option 2: The Raiders are shopping #1 overall because they don't believe in Mendoza.
Option 2.5: The Raiders made plans for their offseason based on having extra high picks after the Crosby trade, and then the Ravens backed out, and now they don't have those extra picks anymore, so they are exploring ways to get them again which includes backing off Mendoza instead.
 
Hes not what he was 4 years ago but if hes a good guy should be a decent mentor to Mendoza.
 
Probably, but who knows what is being said behind closed doors.

April 2nd: "Kirk, we are gonna draft Mendoza 1st overall but he will ride the bench most or all of the season, we want you starting while he gets ready, he needs some time."

September 1st: "Whoopsies sorry the fans REALLY want to see Mendoza play so uhhh nevermind on the whole 'you're the starter' thing.... uh.... enjoy some free gatorade"

If he's buys that they might as well sell him some swamp land in Florida.
 
I read something just recently, that said he was going to wait before signing anywhere, I'm assuming it was because of what he just went through.
Guess not.
Money talks.

Apparently he had a conversation with the Raiders after saying he was going to wait.
 
Oh that’s sweet.

The Falcons get to make karmic payment for Cousins being Penix’d.

Read Florio’s story for details. Here’s the bottom line:

Cousins’s market value was $20 million. The Raiders found a way to get him there by making the Falcons pay $8.7 million of it. The Falcons, frankly, should be pissed.

Still, Cousins will get $20 million. With the Raiders paying only $11.3 million, that’s high-end backup money. He’s the bridge quarterback until Fernando Mendoza is ready.

And the Falcons, who made Cousins an unwitting bridge quarterback by surprisingly drafting Michael Penix Jr. six weeks after signing Cousins, will be paying 87 percent of Cousins’s salary for 2026.
 
If he's buys that they might as well sell him some swamp land in Florida.
Yeah, any veteran QB that believes an assurance of being the starter for any length of time when it's known a rookie will be coming in is a complete idiot.
 
Decent Vet to work with Mendoza.
 
Option 2: The Raiders are shopping #1 overall because they don't believe in Mendoza.
I believe in Mendoza, and I think that they do too, but I also think that if the perpetually awful Jets offered the #2 pick, plus next year's 1st rounder (in a QB deep draft), and maybe another pick, I'd listen.

That would suck for Mendoza though, going to the Jetes
 
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