There had been no indication that first-year Las Vegas Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak was desirous about benching beginning quarterback Kirk Cousins in favor of rookie and No. 1 general draft choose Fernando Mendoza.
Nonetheless, that was earlier than the Raiders suffered a 35-21 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday that dropped what was as soon as a 3-0 Las Vegas facet to 3-4 on the season. Following that defeat, Kubiak left the door open to make the change to Mendoza as quickly because the Raiders’ sport on the lowly New York Jets (2-5) on Nov. 1.
Klint Kubiak: Raiders are “desirous about every part” forward of potential Fernando Mendoza transfer
“Now we have to go watch the movie,” Kubiak acknowledged, per Ryan McFadden of ESPN. “I believe at this level, we’re desirous about every part to repair our issues, the best way to repair our points within the crimson zone, within the third quarter, personnel [and] scheme. We have to speak about all of it.”
Cousins ended Week 6 of the marketing campaign tied for first within the NFL with 14 landing passes on the season. Nonetheless, the Raiders then entered the fourth quarter of Sunday’s sport trailing the Rams 28-6 earlier than the hosts briefly teased finishing a rally.
In opposition to Los Angeles, Cousins accomplished 26 of 44 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns. Based on ESPN stats, he started Monday ranked first within the league with 16 landing passes and third with 1,877 passing yards. That stated, he was additionally twenty first amongst certified gamers at the moment with a 57.1 adjusted QBR.
Kirk Cousins addresses presumably dropping the beginning job to Fernando Mendoza
Whereas talking with reporters after Sunday’s loss, Cousins insisted that he would not “wish to be on the market” if he would not give the Raiders the very best likelihood to win.
“I would like the soccer staff to have the very best likelihood to win video games,” Cousins stated. “[During] the primary OTA [practice], if that had develop into obvious, I might’ve been the primary one to say, ‘Yeah, you may’t play me.'”
As of Monday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Raiders as 1.5-point highway underdogs in opposition to the Jets. It stays to be seen how that line would transfer if Kubiak publicizes this week that Mendoza is getting the beginning.
“I’ll attempt to go on the market and play in addition to I presumably can, assist us win, and provides [Mendoza] an awesome instance to be taught from till he does go on the market ultimately,” Cousins added throughout his feedback.
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