Sunday Night Football was a hit this week as the Kansas City Chiefs took on their AFC West rivals, the Las Vegas Raiders, and overcame their opponents’ toughness in a 30-27 win. Seeing the game from the sidelines was this year’s No. 1 overall pick, Fernando Mendoza.
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes had some encouraging words for the rookie to look up to.
“It’s going to do a lot of great things for him, Kirk is a true pro—it’ll be great for Fernando to learn and just take in,” Mahomes said of the dynamic between Kirk Cousins and Mendoza. “… Hopefully not too much, it went really well for me and Alex, maybe not that much unless I’m gone, or something like that.”
“Hopefully not too much because it went really well for me and Alex (Smith). Hopefully maybe not that much unless I’m gone or something like that.”
Mahomes was in Mendoza’s place when he was drafted by the Chiefs in 2017. Cousins was also in Smith’s place, being the veteran in this equation. Smith would take the lead for the Chiefs one last time that year, and Mahomes replaced him as QB1 from 2018 onward.
Mendoza, who was hyped as a future superstar thanks to his collegiate career heroics, is also expected to perhaps be one of the b...