I just think for the first time we're not going to really have drama around this.

Like, I think it's refreshing what the Raiders are doing where we're not going to like sit there when they're on the clock and wonder, or are they going to totally do it? I like being told a month out. The draft starts it. Look, it is very likely, very, very, very likely that the Raiders are going to draft Fernando Mendoza. And Kirk Cousins is a likelihood based on this contract and would at least start right away so the pressure isn't on Mendoza, which is probably a good thing.

Because most of the time is... cousins is a likelihood based on his contract and would at least start right away so the pressure

isn't on Mendoza, which is probably a good thing. Because most of the time, especially with number

one overall picks, and you can look this up to back me up, it feels like the number one overall

pick who's a quarterback starts immediately basically all the time. If you're not number one

overall, yeah, there's a chance you're going to sit. And by sit, I mean for a few weeks, because usually when you're a first round pick, you're going to play in that first year, unless you're Patrick Mahomes, who didn't play until the final week of the season, he essentially redshirted that year. Yeah. But that's because you had a pretty damn good guy in front of you. No doubt. What I'm curious about with cousins, because look, I think we all agree in all likelihood the Raiders are going to take Fernando Mendoza. You hold out hope that maybe they don't and maybe Tiki's right that there could be smokescreens going on. But I'm very confused about something. And I'm not mad about it. I'm just confused. For a while now you, I heard Boomer say it as well.

I heard Craig say it.

So like three very different guys. it. I'm just confused. For a while now, you, I heard Boomer say it as well, I heard Craig say it.

So like three very different guys, a jet fan, a former NFL quarterback, and the great

Tiki Barber, all suggested Kirk Cousins for the New York Jets.

Okay?

All suggested him.

I was against it, but it's not even me being against it.

It came out that Kirk Cousins wasn't interested in the Jets. Right. All right? Because he's a free agent, he was going to get relief. Right. So he's a free agent. So he's choosing. Correct. It's not getting traded. The only way he's coming here is if he wants to come here. So walk me through this, because I kind am offended even though I didn't want Kirk Cousins. Why would Kirk Cousins find being the Raiders stand-in for a few weeks

or maybe a month or two for Fernando Mendoza? Why would he find that more appealing than literally

being the guy who Aaron Glenn would say is going to lead us to the promise land?

Like if you came to the Jets, and again, I didn't even want the guy.

If you came to the Jets, you were clearly going to be the starter.

You have a number one wide receiver.

You got a good offensive line.

But more than that, if you believe in yourself the way I think Kirk Cousins probably believes in himself, you're going to get to play.

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