Kirk Cousins: “If I’m not the best option, I don’t want to be out there”

As the Raiders reeled off three straight wins to start the season, the decision to bring in veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​seemed like the right path to take. Now that the Raiders have lost four in a row, it’s fair to wonder if first-round rookie Fernando Mendoza’s time will come. Cousins ​​was asked about the possibility of being replaced by the No. 1 overall draft pick after Sunday’s 35-21 loss to Ras. “It’s really the same every day as it was in March or April,” Cousins ​​told reporters. “I mean, nothing changes in the sense that if I’m not the best option then I don’t want to be there either. I want our football team to have the best chance to win games, and if [in] In the first OTA, if that had become apparent, I would have been the first to say, ‘Yeah, you can’t play with me.’ “So nothing changes, you know, and the organization will do what it thinks is best. I feel like, you know, Fernando has done a great job and has a great future ahead of him, and I try to go out and play the best I can to help us win and give him a great example to learn from, until he finally comes out.” The powers that be could decide to give the team a spark by making a trade, before the losses pile up to the point where a playoff berth is unrealistic, even before Medoza is technically the best player.