They wrapped him in the kind of cocoon that is the envy of too many other failed would-be franchise quarterbacks who wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Fernando Mendoza was a diligent sponge under Kirk Cousins. He has a minority owner named Tom Brady and a creative offensive head coach in Klint Kubiak to help nurture and develop him. The Raiders didn’t throw him to the wolves.
Let the Fernando Mendoza Era begin Sunday.
“I think they handled it perfectly,” Mel Kiper Jr. told Serby Says.
