Quarterback · Las Vegas Raiders

Kirk Cousins

No. 8 · 15th season

Kubiak said it out loud, but the room knows the clock is running

The head coach said it on a Tuesday, the way you say something you want on the record. Kirk Cousins is the starter. Clean, simple, done.

Cousins came to Las Vegas as a veteran presence — someone who has held a starting job in this league for years and knows how to run a professional operation. That reputation is exactly why the Raiders brought him in.

But the team also holds Fernando Mendoza, the first pick in the entire draft. That is not a depth chart footnote. Organizations do not spend the top selection on a quarterback they intend to keep waiting forever.

So Cousins is the starter, and that is true today. Kubiak went on record to say so. The more interesting question is what Tuesday looks like three months from now — and whether anyone in that building needs to be told twice.

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