The Las Vegas Raiders have one of the crucial buzzed-about quarterbacks within the NFL in rookie Fernando Mendoza, and he is getting his ft moist within the league.
Mendoza comes from the world of school sports activities, so being within the NFL means extra media consideration and brings a special degree of accountability.
Whereas Mendoza is clearly thrilled to be linked with the Raiders, and the feeling is mutual, there’s one factor he does not like concerning the NFL, in his expertise up to now.
Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza would fairly be on the sector than speaking to the press
Speaking with Gilberto Manzano of Sports Illustrated in a chunk out on Thursday, Mendoza admitted that he would fairly be taking part in soccer than doing the media rounds.
“I will be utterly trustworthy with you. I might fairly be training proper now and I used to be actually upset about truly having to overlook follow for this,” he stated within the interview. “Though it is nice… it is nonetheless been an excellent second to the place it was obligatory I be right here. I am not going to really feel sorry for myself and really feel wishy-washy. I will have a smile on my face and take advantage of that current second.”
He added: “Dwell and be taught all of the NFL pay advantages, make all of the connections with completely different mentors right here, let me make sure that I can maximize my time to have the ability to create a optimistic impression and study my state of affairs and environment. So these are all issues that I actually benefited from being right here.”
It is nice to listen to Mendoza use phrases like eager to make a “optimistic impression” and “study” his state of affairs. That is partly why the Raiders have veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins on the roster, to assist get Mendoza acclimated to his new life within the NFL. And, sure, meaning doing press. Sorry, Mendoza.
