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Is the best thing for Fernando Mendoza and the Raiders' season actually not playing him right away?

On this episode of the Silver & Black Sports Network Podcast, Jesse Merrick takes a deep dive into the Raiders' quarterback situation and explores whether Raiders fans should actually be rooting for Kirk Cousins to keep Fernando Mendoza on the bench early in the season.

Jesse also examines historical trends involving No. 1 overall quarterbacks and how the following season pans out for teams that play them.

Plus:

- What we learned from Episode 1 of Behind the Shield

- Why the Raiders may finally be out of purgatory

- Why the Stefon Diggs-to-Raiders narrative still doesn't make sense

- Keyron Crawford's fit in Rob Leonard's defense

CHAPTERS LIST

00:00 IS IT BETTER FOR LV IF MENDOZA SITS?

11:30 TAKEAWAYS FROM BEHIND THE SHIELD: EP. 1

17:39 STEFON DIGGS & WR CONVERSATION

26:44 WATCHING KEYRON CRAWFORD 

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