General manager John Spytek recently revealed that teams have been calling about a potential trade<\/a>. Former NFL wide receiver Greg Jennings believes Las Vegas should stay the course and draft Mendoza.<\/p>\n Greg Jennings believes the Las Vegas Raiders should draft Fernando Mendoza<\/p>\n The Raiders have seemingly been preparing to select Mendoza with the No. 1 overall pick. In addition to hiring head coach Klint Kubiak, they signed veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins to ease the 2025 national champion’s transition to the NFL.<\/p>\n Amid Spytek’s revelation that teams have inquired about trading up for the top pick, Jennings appeared<\/a> on First Things First to share how Las Vegas should handle those calls.<\/p>\n “I think you have to listen, but absolutely not trade. Take your pick…You acquired an offensive lineman in (Tyler) Linderbaum to secure your offensive line at the center position to alleviate the pressure of a young quarterback coming in immediately and having to call protection. So, okay, we got that. Then you bring in a guy like Jalen Nailor, a solid No. 2 guy. And you have Brock Bowers, you already have Ashton Jeanty, you need to bolster up your offensive line and get weapons around this quarterback. You’re going to go get Mendoza. The fact that you go and get Kirk Cousins, nobody believes that that’s their play. The reason why you get a guy like Kirk Cousins is so that he has somebody who has performed, who has played in this league, who understands what it looks like and what this plan that Klint Kubiak is going to have needs to look like. Now, you, and Mendoza being the you, are going to unlock it to its fullest potential. Not Kirk Cousins.”<\/p>\n
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