As for his debut? It could help that former Seattle OC Kubiak is uniquely familiar with the Seahawks. This could go better than expected for the 6.5-point-underdog Raiders. ”
I feel for the kid. This could be a very bad thing for Mendoza and set his confidence back a country mile if it’s an embarrassing blowout. I hope for his sake it’s a somewhat close game (that the Seahawks win, of course).
If Mendoza is feeling bad after the game, Kubiak can show him film of the Seahawks/Chiefs game. I don't think anyone should expect Fernando to fare better than Patrick Mahomes against the Dark Side.
Now, Kubiak has to do it without a vet QB. This seems like a too large of a problem to fix. I really don't see how this game doesn't end up in a blowout.
Brock Bowers is elite and special. That will be fun. Mayer and Kolton Miller are solid. But other than that, there is no one on this offense ... going against the Dark Side. Yeesh
On defense, they may be even worse. Max is the only plus player and he may even have lost a step.
The Jets punted only twice. They could not stop Geno and the passing attack or the rushing attack. Geno picked on the corner back Eric Stokes all game (AD Mitchell went for 142 yards). Jets top two receivers went 13 receptions for 225 yards and a TD.
Hopefully, we can see some production from WR2 this game.
Go Hawks, looking forward to giving Mendoza (not high on) a warm reception to the NFL.
Well we do know that first Cousins is very successful in his own right. But also Vikes have a quality QB HC too. And lets not forget that the receiver room in MN is miles ahead of Raiderville. But yes Coach K has done well. Last place defense and running game and yet still winning games is telling.
I am not predicting anything about Cousins with the Vikes just will be an interested spectator.
He has had a nice career but two teams (Vikes, Falcons) shipped him out. The Raiders needed somebody and it was a game of musical chairs and he was there. No one else wanted him in the offseason.
My opinion of Kubiak is extremely high (at least right now, lot of data points suggest his impact).
Don’t disagree about Cousins but upper top 5 in most categories for a bad team. While his arm strength is down, he’s back health wise and with subpar receivers doing things no other QBs are truly doing. Cousins has always had a knock on him and yet, even SJ noted, he doesn’t take sacks and helps receivers be better. And not sure what you didn’t get from my post. I was complimenting Coach K. Losing him I posted how we would regress offensively.
Cousins has been extremely effective this year. Hats off to him. Think he deserves the praise.
Other than Bowers, it can't be overstated how poor this Raiders team is. The WR room is especially weak.
Cousins vet presence and ability to get the ball out quickly is huge. Many plays in the Jets game were throw it to Bowers (caught a triple teamed TD). Which, I think, is smart and good strategy on this Raiders team.
Wow the raiders really wanted to cash in before the trade deadline. It's funny that pretty much every other team we've faced in the last two decades that was considering a rookie qb has waited to debut their rookie until after they played the Seahawks…. Hope it doesn't cause mendoza long term trauma
When I first heard about the trade, the negative part of my brain automatically went to the same spot the headline did. But, pretty quickly, I realized that it would be so much easier to face Mendoza than Cousins, and I'm pretty comfortable that, sans multiple turnovers, the Raiders will be lucky to get to 10 points.
But I also didn't realized the Raiders defensive numbers were so bad - they don't often get mentioned with the other bad defenses. Now I'm more worried that if the Hawks don't get to 30 points I'm going to feel bad regardless of the final score.
I will watch with interest. Mendoza has not been impressive at all to me and I base that purely on a judgment that is unfair to him...maybe.
In case anyone's wondering his name is actually Elijah Sarratt (not Surratt) and he's not related to Chazz.
Quick tidbit from the Athletic. “Sam Warren's https://links.e1.nytimes.com/a/zc/5037/02b9fa6d6b0946c98dd1b1201a3d2870/081d0b03341a4ecfaf884433e557ed85, he shared his expectations for how the rookie changes the Las Vegas offense. Two trends I noticed: Expect more deep passing, plus more bootlegs and rollouts with the mobile 23-year-old. (If you believe in that, load up on shares of this whole offense, actually.)
As for his debut? It could help that former Seattle OC Kubiak is uniquely familiar with the Seahawks. This could go better than expected for the 6.5-point-underdog Raiders. ”
I feel for the kid. This could be a very bad thing for Mendoza and set his confidence back a country mile if it’s an embarrassing blowout. I hope for his sake it’s a somewhat close game (that the Seahawks win, of course).
If Mendoza is feeling bad after the game, Kubiak can show him film of the Seahawks/Chiefs game. I don't think anyone should expect Fernando to fare better than Patrick Mahomes against the Dark Side.
The Kubiak effect (https://x.com/ScottBarrettDFB/status/2118355152906363277?a=xFE0MhFTEi3dJ9k5VGI&s=20) has been something to see over the prior 3 years (Carr, Darnold, Cousins). We will even get to see if Cousins can keep up his numbers without Kubiak.
Now, Kubiak has to do it without a vet QB. This seems like a too large of a problem to fix. I really don't see how this game doesn't end up in a blowout.
Brock Bowers is elite and special. That will be fun. Mayer and Kolton Miller are solid. But other than that, there is no one on this offense ... going against the Dark Side. Yeesh
On defense, they may be even worse. Max is the only plus player and he may even have lost a step.
The Jets punted only twice. They could not stop Geno and the passing attack or the rushing attack. Geno picked on the corner back Eric Stokes all game (AD Mitchell went for 142 yards). Jets top two receivers went 13 receptions for 225 yards and a TD.
Hopefully, we can see some production from WR2 this game.
Go Hawks, looking forward to giving Mendoza (not high on) a warm reception to the NFL.
Well we do know that first Cousins is very successful in his own right. But also Vikes have a quality QB HC too. And lets not forget that the receiver room in MN is miles ahead of Raiderville. But yes Coach K has done well. Last place defense and running game and yet still winning games is telling.
Here is the Kubiak Effect:
https://x.com/ScottBarrettDFB/status/2118355152906363277?a=xFE0MhFTEi3dJ9k5VGI&s=20
I am not predicting anything about Cousins with the Vikes just will be an interested spectator.
He has had a nice career but two teams (Vikes, Falcons) shipped him out. The Raiders needed somebody and it was a game of musical chairs and he was there. No one else wanted him in the offseason.
My opinion of Kubiak is extremely high (at least right now, lot of data points suggest his impact).
Don’t disagree about Cousins but upper top 5 in most categories for a bad team. While his arm strength is down, he’s back health wise and with subpar receivers doing things no other QBs are truly doing. Cousins has always had a knock on him and yet, even SJ noted, he doesn’t take sacks and helps receivers be better. And not sure what you didn’t get from my post. I was complimenting Coach K. Losing him I posted how we would regress offensively.
Cousins has been extremely effective this year. Hats off to him. Think he deserves the praise.
Other than Bowers, it can't be overstated how poor this Raiders team is. The WR room is especially weak.
Cousins vet presence and ability to get the ball out quickly is huge. Many plays in the Jets game were throw it to Bowers (caught a triple teamed TD). Which, I think, is smart and good strategy on this Raiders team.
Wow the raiders really wanted to cash in before the trade deadline. It's funny that pretty much every other team we've faced in the last two decades that was considering a rookie qb has waited to debut their rookie until after they played the Seahawks…. Hope it doesn't cause mendoza long term trauma
After reading this article I want to change my score prediction to 44 to 3!!
GO HAWKS!!!
I will be disappointed if Raiders reach double digits in points.
When I first heard about the trade, the negative part of my brain automatically went to the same spot the headline did. But, pretty quickly, I realized that it would be so much easier to face Mendoza than Cousins, and I'm pretty comfortable that, sans multiple turnovers, the Raiders will be lucky to get to 10 points.
But I also didn't realized the Raiders defensive numbers were so bad - they don't often get mentioned with the other bad defenses. Now I'm more worried that if the Hawks don't get to 30 points I'm going to feel bad regardless of the final score.