The Las Vegas Raiders took Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft on Thursday. On Friday, Mendoza appeared on stage during a Day 2 fan draft party at the Raiders’ Henderson, Nevada, facility, and dropped an F-bomb while expressing his excitement.
“Let’s f*cking go,” Mendoza said on the mic.
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Fans on social media had some wild reactions to Mendoza cussing on stage.
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“Shows what a fake he is!” one tweeted.
“Bust,” another added.
“Nah, that’s trying to impress Brady by sounding like Brady,” a third commented.
Here are a few more reactions.
“They’ve corrupted him,” one wrote.
“Disappointed to hear him dropping F bombs. Words are important. You’d never hear Kirk Cousins talking this way. I hope Kirk is able to mentor him. Tim Tebow also never needed to use those words. I hope he truly decides to be what Tony Dungy titled his book ‘Uncommon’. I pray this young man,” another added.
“Vegas is rubbing off already. And his mom is probably not in the room. ;),” a user tweeted.
“I was gonna say… why is this guy swearing already lol,” a fan commented.
Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy at Indiana last season, en route to helping the Hoosiers win the national championship.
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Fernando Mendoza expected to compete with Kirk Cousins for Raiders’ QB1 role in 2026 season
Fernando Mendoza is expected to compete with veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins for the Raiders’ QB1 role in the 2026 season.
The Raiders reportedly signed Cousins to a five-year, $172 million contract earlier in April, which acts as a one-year, fully-guaranteed $20 million deal. Cousins has been in the NFL since 2012, when he was drafted by the then-Washington Redskins.
Some believe that Cousins could also serve as a mentor to Mendoza in his rookie year.
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