Yahoo Sports NFL on Fernando Mendoza

Rookie first overall pick getting first-team reps in camp competition with Kirk Cousins.

The first overall pick signed his rookie deal and will get a sprinkling of work with the first team during Raiders training camp while Kirk Cousins gets the rest of the starter reps. Mendoza frames the quarterback competition as cooperative rather than adversarial, emphasizing mutual improvement: 'Competing with each other [is] pushing each other to be the best quarterback we can possibly be for the Las Vegas Raiders.' He acknowledges the complexity of the offense and his focus on learning from Cousins, head coach Klint Kubiak, and others, stating 'It's basically all in the palm of my hand and I just need to take advantage of it.'

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