Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak is not ready to name his starting quarterback.
Fernando Mendoza struggled in Thursday night’s preseason game, while Kirk Cousins sat out, and afterward Kubiak was asked if that means Cousins is the starter. Kubiak wouldn’t go that far.
“We’ve got another week of playing. I don’t want anyone to be comfortable in their job,” Kubiak said. “It should always be that way for all positions. So, let’s keep going forward.”
Realistically, it’s hard to believe Mendoza is going to start, given that Cousins has been working with the first-string offense in training camp and Kubiak called it Cousins’ job to lose. Cousins has done nothing to lose the job, and Mendoza has done nothing to win it. When the Raiders open the regular season against the Dolphins on September 13, expect Cousins to be under center.
But Kubiak still has time to announce his decision, and he’s not going to do so yet.
