Kirk Cousins signs with Raiders, Fernando Mendoza’s Pro Day, Fugazi Friday
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, John reacts to Kirk Cousins signing with the Las Vegas Raiders and break down what the move means for the franchise and the AFC landscape. They also discuss Fernando Mendoza turning heads at his Pro Day and where his draft stock could be heading as teams evaluate quarterback talent.
The conversation then shifts to a deeper look at NFL finances, explaining the key differences between cash spending and salary cap spending—and why it matters when evaluating how teams build their rosters.
To wrap things up, Fugazi Friday makes its return, as the guys call out what’s real and what’s not around the league.
From quarterback moves to front office strategy, it’s all covered in this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | The Volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody? How are we doing? John Middilcoff 3 Now podcast. We got a lot going on. We got a lot going on. Cousins, Raiders, we got to talk about that. The contract with Kubiak backing up or starting over Mendoza. |
| 0:38.6 | Mendoza's Pro Day, where he ran the thing. |
| 0:43.6 | Like Mendoza ran the pro day. |
| 0:46.7 | I'll have some takes on that. |
| 0:47.9 | I texted a bunch of scouts who were there. |
| 0:50.9 | Some other stories, obviously, it's Fugazi Friday. |
| 0:53.5 | I got a couple good Fugazis today. |
| 0:55.9 | And you want to get in the mailbag. We're going to do a bunch of mailbags next week. |
| 1:01.5 | So at John Middilkoff is the Instagram. Fire in those DMs. Fire in my DMs. Get involved in the show. |
| 1:09.0 | And I'm going to bang out a bunch in the next. |
| 1:12.7 | If not tomorrow, definitely Saturday, because I'm in Los Angeles. |
| 1:17.2 | And I just, I'm not sure my schedule. |
| 1:19.7 | So I, if you want to get involved in the show, at least early in the week, fire in those DMs. |
| 1:25.2 | And, and yeah, let's enjoy this weekend. I like, I liked Arizona, but now it feels |
| 1:31.5 | like I was wrong about the coach. He's going to go to UNC. So probably going to be an all |
| 1:35.7 | Big Ten. I think National Championship, I think it's going to be Michigan, Illinois. I think |
| 1:40.4 | Illinois 4 to 1 as a future is not terrible. They're pretty good and pretty big. I know they lost in Michigan, but they're comfortable playing them. They're in the same conference, though Michigan. Whoever wins the Arizona-Michigan game is going to be a heavy favor in the Natty. Yeah, let's just talk to football. You guys know the drill. Subscribe to the podcast. If you listen on Collins' feed, don't ever miss a thing. Also, Netflix, hit Get Alert and you will never miss a video episode. |
| 2:06.6 | It'll show up on your Netflix screen. And let's just dive into Cousins. |
| 2:10.6 | You know, Matt LaFleur and specifically Sean McVeigh were, I would say, begging Kirk Cousins. |
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