Fernando Mendoza adamant about staying away from Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas’ subsequent huge factor needs no a part of the town’s staple attraction.
Raiders No. 1 general choose Fernando Mendoza stated throughout a latest interview with The Athletic that whereas he’s been to the Strip a pair instances since becoming a member of the Silver and Black this offseason, he has zero want of turning into an everyday there.
“It’s like a boogeyman,” the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback stated. “Lots of people speak concerning the strip like, ‘You don’t need to go there.’
“It’s like while you’re a child; you’re trick-or-treating, and there’s the haunted home. You’re not attempting to go over there.”
Mendoza’s feedback ought to hardly be shocking.
Very similar to Kirk Cousins — the sign caller at the moment sitting forward of him on the Raiders’ depth chart — Mendoza has developed fairly the repute for being a goody two-shoes.
And despite the fact that he’s now an expert making NFL cash in Sin Metropolis, the 22-year-old former Indiana star made it clear he’s not altering his stripes anytime quickly.
“Las Vegas is likely one of the leisure capitals of the world,” he stated. “However I’ve a job to do, and it’s soccer. I don’t have anyone that basically depends on me, if that is sensible, so I can simply be psycho about soccer.
“After which each infrequently, on an off day or night time, I can exit to a film and watch ‘Spiderman’ or ‘The Odyssey’ or one thing.
“In Vegas, there’s a lot to do, and generally it may be seen as actions that wouldn’t be supporting a wholesome soccer life-style. However there are various things that you may go see and do this aren’t degenerative actions, per se. There are some nice eating places. However I’m in all probability not going to be taking part in blackjack until late at night time.”
Raiders followers will get their first take a look at the squeaky-clean Mendoza in sport motion later Thursday, when he’s anticipated to play just a few sequence in Las Vegas’ dwelling tilt with the Cardinals at 5 p.m. PT.
