Fernando Mendoza Has Hilarious Comparison for Las Vegas Strip
A lot of people talk about the Strip like, ‘You don’t want to go there.’“It’s like when you’re a kid; you’re trick-or-treating, and there’s the haunted house. "Let's go!"Mendoza continues to avoid swearing, even in a sport where four-letter words are more the norm than the exception.“Rookie year, it really gets slammed up on you,” Mendoza told Silver. “Like, ‘Boom, here’s your playbook, and here we go.’ Especially seeing Kirk Cousins in the room, who knows a lot.
- ▪A lot of people talk about the Strip like, ‘You don’t want to go there.’“It’s like when you’re a kid; you’re trick-or-treating, and there’s the haunted house.
- ▪"Let's go!"Mendoza continues to avoid swearing, even in a sport where four-letter words are more the norm than the exception.“Rookie year, it really gets slammed up on you,” Mendoza told Silver.
- ▪“Like, ‘Boom, here’s your playbook, and here we go.’ Especially seeing Kirk Cousins in the room, who knows a lot.
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By Cameron Kiszla0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.It seemed like both an obvious choice and a disparate match.The Las Vegas Raiders selected Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, with the first overall pick.For the team, it absolutely made sense, but the clean-cut Mendoza in Sin City was a little more of a stretch.Read More on NFL...Speaking with Michael Silver of The Athletic, Mendoza sounds like he's settling in to his new home, but he's not taking advantage of all that Vegas has to offer.“I’ve been there once or twice, but I haven’t really experienced the Strip,” Mendoza told Silver earlier this week.
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