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Attyla wrote: Fri Jan 16, 2026 12:08 pm Now that we are drafting Mendoza, it is pretty simple. Get a fcking genius QB coach. With very few exceptions, no QB is successful without that voice in his ear driving home what is next in your development. And when you do that, it is like a ball of string. You keep winding it over and over until you have created habits that drive success. Manning did not become Manning his first day in camp. He had the will to succeed but he did not have the blueprint. That is the QB coach. He creates the plan and walks the QB through that plan. Mahomes is one of the exceptions. He has a head coach who created the plan and it worked. We don't have that particular head coach so we need that from the QB coach.

Attyla wrote: Fri Jan 16, 2026 12:51 pm Yea, Stewart, but you gave me a chuckle.

raidersince63 wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 6:56 am Yet more inane proposals...Raiders can trade for Joe Burrow ?...SMH

https://apple.news/A9sMqUgBCTzC05pIPq7c-Rg

Elsewhere in the multiverse, the Raiders trade for Joe Burrow — here's how
In an alternate universe where the two teams agree to tango on an all-time trade, the impossible becomes possible...
Jan 17, 2026
A preemptive request for anyone who reads this to chill out, because first of all, we're deliberately dealing with Fantasy Land. For the Las Vegas Raiders to have any chance at trading for Joe Burrow, he'd have to demand a trade out of Cincinnati first.
Unfortunately for the Raiders, they're about a year early from when this could be a realistic possibility. They'll never be in better position to serve up a Godfather trade offer to the Bengals than they are now, armed with the No. 1 overall pick and a disgruntled defensive superstar in Maxx Crosby.
If this was the year where the Bengals had missed the playoffs four times in a row, rather than after next season, Burrow would for sure be finding a way out of Cincy as best he could.
So roll with me on this. For those who don't know, this is sequel bait to my article over at Stripe Hype titled, "Elsewhere in the multiverse, the Bengals are Super Bowl champions — here's how."
Just Blog Baby's beloved, prolific writer of a site expert, Levi Dombro, and the FanSided NFL editorial staff gave me the sticks for JBB this week. Best believe I'm gonna get a lil wyyurd.
The Raiders need a head coach right? Trust that they'd be falling all over themselves to get to Vegas in this timeline.
What it would take for Raiders to trade for Bengals superstar Joe Burrow
Given that Joe Burrow has had an extensive injury history, you could convince me that it wouldn't take quite this much for the Raiders to acquire him. Nevertheless, elite franchise quarterbacks don't come cheap, so here's the package, centered around Crosby and the No. 1 overall pick:
Raiders receive: QB Joe Burrow
Bengals receive: DE Maxx Crosby, No. 1 overall pick, two additional 1st-round picks, two 2nd-round picks & three 3rd-round picks
The Bengals are nothing if not a cheap football operation. In this alternate universe where Burrow has already soured on the organization, they move off their oft-injured field general in exchange for the rights to Indiana Hoosiers star Fernando Mendoza.
This would actually be a heck of a haul for Cincinnati. My Who Dey Head bias aside, I'm not doing this exercise to just set up the Bengals for raging success. I want nothing, zilch, zero to do with an actual, IRL Joe Burrow trade.
Come on, though. If Mendoza hits, what a move!

raidersince63 wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:34 am I was by no means adhering to that rediculous trade proposal...instead, I was only pointing how "inane" it was.

Be_Easy_25 wrote: Sat Jan 17, 2026 5:41 am

Sour grapes.
And….


No.

Attyla wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 10:33 am This needs to be the Mendoza thread, the Mendoza vs Moore needs to go away.

Raidernation1979 wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 10:49 am We already have the welcome to Las Vegas Vegas, Mendoza thread, but people keep posting in this one instead