Fernando Mendoza Takes Over as Raiders' New Latino QB1

My friends, a lot of action at the trade deadline on the NFL. Big surprises and the come up of a young Latino that has a personal connection, maybe by the 6th or 7th degree, with Humberto Guida, my friend. Fernando Mendoza, it is the new... QB won for the Raiders. Just lost to the 49ers last week, by the way, if you guys didn't know. You know? But Humberto, this is a big moment. I think we were waiting for this Latino superstar in the making to have an opportunity and now he's going to have half a season to perform. But let's explain what happened. Kirk Cousins, who they signed great QB, journeyman QB. He was traded to the Minnesota Vikings because the Minnesota Vikings have a horrible, they're starting QB, Kyle Murray got hurt. Then they signed Carson Wentz, who had the worst performance out of any QB in recent history recently. I mean, he looked like I should have been starting for the Vikings. So they traded for Kirk Cousins. And what happened is I think Las Vegas had always planned for Fernando Mendoza to take over at some point this season. So once they had an opportunity with the trade deadline, they traded Kirk Cousins. I think the loss of the San Francisco 49ers probably put it in their head. They're not going to make the playoffs. And so now Fernando Mendoza is going to become probably, is he the only Latino quarterback, I think, in the league? Probably. So Cuban-American, went to my high school, but then Jesuit, then he transferred to Columbus, another Catholic all-boy high school in Miami, and Miami, all the Cubans, whether they can afford it or not, send their kid to Catholic school. But Fernando Mendoza, he's a good example. He's a good kid. He's wholesome. And I think he's right. He got to learn as the understudy for half the season. And now he's ready to take on, like, what do you know about Fernando Mendoza? What do I know about him? I know he was the starting quarterback for Indiana. I know he got the Heisman Trophy. I know they won the championship. Seems like a really wholesome guy. I think that's why a lot of people know him. A lot of people like him. He's a very likable person. Latinos are expecting to be represented in a way, and Fernando Mendoza provides a big opportunity for Latino excellence. He speaks in Spanish whenever he gets a chance. He talks about his ma, his mom, who has, I believe, MS. And he's always calling her. There was a funny ad that came out recently where he has to call his mom. He remembers to call his mom. I think, look, I feel there's good things. Now, he did play for about half a game. And during the preseason, there were some mixed views. He has a great arm. He has the head on his shoulders. Is he going to learn how to adapt to the NFL game? Because it's a lot different from college. He's going to be under center a lot. He's not going to be in shotgun. But I think he has what it takes. And also, he has room to grow. Because Las Vegas. Uh, the Raiders, they know they're not going to make the playoffs, so they're going to give him some room to make some errors, and I feel he'll come into his own towards the end of the season, so I'm looking forward to it. Any other big trades that you saw that you liked? Well, the Jacksonville Jaguars, who I think are team B in the AFC, you know, I think Buffalo Bills are the best in the AFC, Jacksonville second, they traded for like three guys on the defense. Yep. So in the NFL, typically, there's not a lot of in-season trades in seasons past. This year. At the trade deadline, everyone went crazy. It was crazy. Yeah. So we'll see.