{"id":959704,"date":"2026-07-30T17:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/959704\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:21:16","slug":"fernando-mendoza-focused-on-the-next-rep-amid-following-role-with-las-vegas-raiders-raiders-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/959704\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Mendoza focused on the next rep amid \u2018following role\u2019 with Las Vegas Raiders | Raiders News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas Raiders rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza knows he\u2019s taking a \u201cfollowing role\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/sports\/raiders\/kirk-cousins-ready-to-lead-and-collaborate-with-raiders-quarterbacks-3856648\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kirk Cousins runs the first-team offense<\/a> two days into training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Said the No. 1 draft pick Thursday morning at Intermountain Health Performance Center: \u201cI\u2019m just trying to do my part and focus on the next rep and do everything that I can possibly can to prepare myself to be the best asset I can for my team and whatever decision is made at the end, that\u2019s fantastic. I\u2019m all for it. I just want the team to win. That\u2019s where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza was sharp at practice Thursday quarterbacking the second team, pushing passes down the field with velocity and accuracy. The former Indiana star said he feels like he\u2019s Raider now \u201crather than a new rookie on the scene,\u201d having spent the last several weeks studying the scheme installed by coach Klint Kubiak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, it\u2019s more and more reps that I get, I feel like the entire team improves,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cThe more experience you put out there on the field, the more beneficial for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contact Sam Gordon at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/sports\/raiders\/fernando-mendoza-focused-on-the-next-rep-amid-following-role-with-raiders-3857031\/mailto:sgordon@reviewjournal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sgordon@reviewjournal.com<\/a>. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BySamGordon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BySamGordon<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza knows he\u2019s taking a \u201cfollowing role\u201d as Kirk Cousins runs the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":959705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":["post-959704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-football","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-nfl","tag-raiders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117010083583518407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}