Going into the season, it felt like we would see maybe five or six games of Cousins before the Raiders turned things over to rookie
Fernando Mendoza. That thinking has shifted. The more this team plays the way it has, the less likely it becomes that we see much of Mendoza. That timeline is getting pushed back without question.... The Jets game is the one we circled as a potential entry point for the rookie. Right now, it is hard to see Kubiak making a change with Cousins playing like this. On top of that, Cousins threw the ball 52 times against Kansas City, so the coaching staff clearly trusts him to carry the offense.
Double-move vertical: Cousins under pressure, about to get hit, still places it; safety can't rotate; Tucker boxes out the DB. Pre-snap Bech motion and safety manipulation keep showing up as the setup for Tucker explosions.
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