Las Vegas Raiders News Tom Brady Logan Paul FIGHT? Kirk Cousin Fernando Mendoza News

The Raiders are already backing themselves into a corner… And that’s really the problem the Raiders created for themselves. Signing an aging veteran quarterback while also drafting one first overall isn’t a neutral roster move. It’s a bet, really two bets stacked on top of each other: that Cousins holds the job long enough to justify his contract and that Mendoza actually needs the time to sit. Right now, both bets look shaky. Mike Florio’s take on this cuts right to it. If Mendoza is clearly the better player in practice, what happens when Maxx Crosby notices? Or Brock Bowers? These players are not merely role players observing from the sidelines. They’re the best players on the roster, and they’re not exactly hiding their playoff ambitions. Watching a coaching staff bench the better quarterback because it fits some plan drawn up in April is the kind of thing that erodes trust fast.