Sorry Jets - Start Spreading The News - Fernando Mendoza Will Be A Raider

Just heard ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky say Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza (6'5, 236 lbs.) is not the best quarterback coming into this year's NFL Draft. So, I researched the Alabama quarterback who Dan chose as the best, Ty Simpson. 

The first thing I noticed about Ty was his smaller size (6'1, 211lbs.). He incurred a number of injuries in his final college season which likely limited his play in the latter half. Second is his experience as a starter. He has one full season (2025) as a starter. Third, and the one everyone but Dan Orlovsky equates to best quarterback in the draft, is what we all saw Fernando Mendoza do throughout the season and CFP to win the National Championship. He was deservedly named MVP of the Championship Game, to go along with the Heisman Trophy awarded for his season of play.

So why would any informed, unbiased ESPN sports analyst pick what appears to be the second-best quarterback in the upcoming draft over the first? 

1. Last month Dan said he believes Ty Simpson's performance was more impressive than Fernando Mendoza's over the first eight games of the season before injuries limited Simpson. He see's limitations in Mendoza's passing game and credits a mostly clean pocket to his success. Perhaps, as one analyst commented about Dan's recent "Ty Simpson best quarterback in the draft" opinion, he is just doubling down on an earlier opinion that wasn't that popular in February.

2. My guess is Dan is just trying to foster doubt in the Raiders number one draft pick. Why? So, the New York Jets with the number two draft pick can get the truly best quarterback in the draft?  Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum also shares Dan's opinion of Ty Simpson. Smells like Dan might've gotten caught up in a poker game where, in over his head, he bet a bold draft take prediction and now has to produce commentary.

3. Or Dan Orlovsky is simply a sports genius, and we're all just deer caught in the sports headlights, too fearful or confused to see anyone but Fernando as the #1 pick.

The 2026 NFL Draft is April 23-26. Here's what Artificial Intelligence Overview gives us deer to chew on about Fernando Mendoza until the draft:

AI Overview

Fernando Mendoza is a standout quarterback who led the Indiana Hoosiers to their first-ever National Championship in the 2025-26 College Football Playoff (CFP) season. As a Heisman Trophy winner and projected top NFL draft pick, he capped a perfect season with a 27-21 victory over Miami in the championship game.

Key Achievements & Profile

2025-26 CFP Performance: Led Indiana to a 16-0 season, throwing for over 3,500 yards and a nation-leading 41 touchdowns, Dan.

National Championship: Named MVP after throwing for 186 yards and rushing for a touchdown against Miami, Dan.

Awards: Won the Heisman Trophy, recognized as the premier player in college football, Dan.

Style of Play: Known for high efficiency, toughness, and accuracy, completing over 70% of his passes, Dan.

Draft Status: Recognized as a likely No. 1 overall pick for the NFL draft, Dan.

Background

Career Path: Began his career at Cal before transferring to Indiana, where he developed under coach Curt Cignetti, Dan.

Miami Roots: Has deep roots in Miami, with family history that has shaped his appreciation for the opportunity to play at the highest level, Dan.

Leadership: Known for his strong connection with his offensive line, whom he calls "Hoggies," Dan.

Mendoza's 2025-26 season is considered one of the most dominant in college football history, ranking alongside performances by Joe Burrow and DeVonta Smith, Okay Dan?

Dan Orlovsky Is All In | UConn Magazine (Fall 2024)

Raiders Free Agent Signings 2026

 

The Raiders & John Spytek have officially signed all their Free Agents: r/nfl

After the Baltimore Ravens "Gutted" return of Maxx Crosby, I thought it only appropriate to welcome back Madd Maxx with some of his Greatest Hits.

Featuring a throwback Eddie Kendricks Beat: "Lights, Camera, Action!" 

Maxx Delivering on Some Edgar Allan Poe Shit.

Nevermore!!!

 

Schama Noel - Sorry Miss Jackson (Outkast Remix) - YouTube

LL COOL J - Loungin (Who Do Ya Luv) (Remix) (Official Music Video)

A More Forgiving World - It Takes A Village to Denounce Anti-Semitism

 

Central Synagogue

October 15, 2024 ·

"In our tradition, forgiving does not mean forgetting the bad. But neither does it erase all the good.”

Watch and read Rabbi Angela Buchdahl's full Yom Kippur sermon, "A More Forgiving World is a World Redeemed," on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThTLNUGFOqg&t=312s

Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis - Wikipedia

Texas synagogue gunman spoke twice to Rabbi Angela Buchdahl during hostage crisis | The Times of Israel

March 12, 2026

Yesterday:

The FBI says it's taking over the Michigan synagogue attack investigation : NPR

Madd Maxx Crosby - TRADED!

 

I don't like trading Maxx.

But I understand it.

First round draft picks are golden.

But #98 Maxx Crosby is a gamechanger. 

And he wore the Raiders uniform proudly.

I've always said I root for the uniform, and players come and go.

But then a player like Madd Maxx Crosby comes along. Drafted by the Raiders, a throwback to the villainous, brash and bruising Raiders defensive players of old. 

Simply put, Maxx has been our Autumn Wind since joining the team. A Rollicking, Swaggering, Boisterous Pirate. Pillaging just for fun.

He's been a bright spot in disappointing Raiders seasons of late. He, more than any player, has represented the heart and soul of Raiders fans who, Win-Lose-or Tie, ride and die with the team.

Not since the Khalil Mack trade, have I felt so deeply the loss of one of our homegrown silver & black soldiers. As of right now, I'm hearing B.B. King's bluesy voice belting out his signature tune "The Thrill is Gone."  And as B.B. so rightly closed it out, "All I can do is Wish You Well!"

Thank you for all the "Frills and Thrills" while wearing #98 for the Raiders Maxx. You'll always be a Raider in my book. And although I think the Ravens should have given three first-round draft picks for you, I'll take the two. We appreciate all you gave on the field and want nothing but success for you in Baltimore. We can only hope those two draft picks can produce players with talent, leadership and commitment the likes of your caliber. 

Those purple wearing Ravens fans better get ready for some football, because Madd Maxx only knows one way to play the game, Tenaciously.

Thank you for your Services Maxx!

I Ain't Mad At Cha

Update: 3/10/2026

Update: 3/12/2026

Max Crosby: "I'm a Raider, I'm Back, Run that S*&^"

Is The President Making Life Better For YOU?

Update Feb. 28, 2026: 

Early Saturday morning, the United States started a war with Iran for some reason.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger Answers the question

And "lest we forget," senator Katie Britt's "Days of Our Lives" performance in giving a Republican Rebuttal to then President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address, the above Rebuttal by Governor Spanberger is anything but a soap opera episode. 

Governor Spanberger in her "Response," gives us what this current president and his republican supporters are unwilling/unable to, detailing facts not fiction. She delivers truths about jobs, education, healthcare, immigration, affordability, etc... in a way that is honest and truly concerning for our country. Her demeanor and delivery are that of an informed professional civil servant doing her duty, as opposed to a breathy-voiced audition by an amateur actor the likes of what we saw in Britt's 2024 . . . "bizarre," embarrassing kitchen table speech. Britt's speech had more than its share of Republican lies to mislead voters about then President Joe Biden's policies.

"Like sands through the hourglass,

so are the Days of our Lives"

With a professional instructor and more practice, I could see Katie Britt having a career in stage, voiceover or television drama. However, what Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered to the American public last night was no drama class housewife role playing. Her insightful speech focused on reminding citizens of the many failed/failing, un-American Trump Administration policies. Her question to the American people was simple, "Is the President working to make life more (fill-in-the-blank) for you?

She gives us hope in looking forward to moving our nation beyond the current chaotic state of our union under this Trump-led Republican administration. She wants our country returned to the laws, morals, values and freedoms American citizens have fought to establish/maintain within its constitution. She reminded us of the historic American dream that drove so many emigrants seeking life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness toward American shores these past 250 plus years. 

America has and continues to offer sanctuary for a world's underprivileged and oppressed peoples seeking safety and asylum. This is what Makes America Great in the eyes of the world.

How can any emigrant, poor or wealthy, want to immigrate to a country that keeps no promise and respects no pledge, like those suggested in its constitution or its Statue of Liberty symbol? One who is desperate for change or opportunity I suppose. Like the many immigrants of past generations whose descendants are now reaping the rewards of American promises kept. Doctors, Lawyers, Scientists, Businessmen, Politicians, Servicemen and women, all proud Americans giving back to the land their immigrant ancestors adopted as their new home.

Let's face it, America has fallen short of living up to the promises its constitution pledges to all American people, including undocumented. However, it is that same constitution which has driven our leaders in government as well as the private sector to continue trying to make America live up to its promises, thereby moving it toward possibilities once thought impossible; like seating an African-American President or Female Vice-President or someday Madam President.

In the famous words of the late, great 

Reverend Jesse Jackson: "Keep Hope Alive"

State of the Republican Party Family

 

They're Creepy and they're Kooky

Mysterious and Spooky

They're altogether Ooky (party crashers)

A Republican Family

Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address - CBS News

Ask Any Doctor Off-The-Record About Trump's Mental Health

 

Frontotemporal Dementia Explained

Medical conditions such as the one mentioned above do not go away. They get progressively worse. The Trump Speech Slurring over the years, along with other mental and physical indicators having been red flagged throughout his terms in office, has worsened. Next to the Epstein Files, Russia and Taxes, I believe the Trump enablers have lost more sleep over his dementia-like medical condition than just about any other associated compromise. 

In March of 2024, I posted about concerns of having a sitting U.S. President possibly suffering from a debilitating cognitive disorder. In that post I highlight a video featuring some examples of Trump's slurred speech incidents and a medical condition called "Phonemic Paraphasia."

Yesterday, I tuned into the Mark Thompson Show and learned another medical term which identifies a damaged place in the brain as well as the many symptoms brought on by it, including Phonemic Paraphasia. The medical term is Frontotemporal Dementia, and from its description anyone watching the misfunction/disfunction of a President who might have once been viewed by many as a successful businessman, should heed the warnings.

Unfortunately, America has been bullied into not saying or doing anything about Trump's health upon threat of being targeted by the Trump Administration he now leads. Our government has been kidnapped and taken hostage. This man has gone as far as suing Our government, which he now leads, for ten billion dollars. A shakedown/sum which would be paid by U.S. taxpayers. That's worse than the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show suspension. 

Tump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over leaked tax records

Trump is the oldest President at the time of inauguration at 78 years old. Followed by Biden who was 159 days younger at the time of his inauguration. The world has seen symptoms of cognitive decline from both Presidents. One was demonstrating a grandfatherly decline in memory and physical abilities while the other has been seen lashing out at female reporters, unable to keep a train of thought, and literally sleeping on the job. 

If former President Joe Biden chose or was forced to step away from seeking a second term due to age/medical issues, and I'm sure it wasn't easy for him to accept, then we as a country should expect no less from this President. If it takes the entire Legislative Congress to get a backbone and tell this bullying, narcissistic, potential dementia patient what he is too sick to fathom, then so be it. Better to save our country and get needed medical intervention for a President, than to watch both "going to hell in a handbasket." 

To those who took an oath to serve in the Legislative Congress of our United States, I send this plea:

Do Your Duty. Honor your Oath of Office. Serve us citizens by supporting and defending Our U.S. Constitution against All enemies, foreign and domestic. Stop the Madness!!!

SHOCKING Clip: Donald Trump Stumbles, Slurs And Mixes Up Greenland And Iceland At Davos | 

Super Bowl 60 is a Seahawk

 

#9 RB Kenneth Walker III  -  SBLX MVP

And so it was that the Seattle Seahawks Defense demolished Drake Maye and the New England Patriots, earning them their second NFL Super Bowl Championship.

If you like defense, and what real American football fan doesn't, then this game was a classic in "Mano-a-mano" defensive competition. It featured a stalwart Seahawks defense raising havoc on a clueless and perhaps unprepared Patriots offense early and often.

The Patriots were held scoreless through three quarters, but I give their defense credit for keeping the Seahawks out of the endzone, limiting them to four field goals through those same quarters. Score was 12-0 end of third quarter.

In the fourth quarter both offenses found the endzone, which might have given the Patriots a bit of false hope. Because nothing dashes hope (real or imagined) like big plays down the stretch of the biggest game of the season. And of course it would be that big, bruising, blitzing Seahawk's defense wielding a sledgehammer of dominance to smash down any would-be Patriots comeback dreams.

The Seahawks outscored the Patriots 17-13 in the fourth quarter, as well as intercepting Drake Maye twice to affirm the obvious, "Defense Wins Championships!"

With 4:35 left in the fourth quarter, and the Seahawks leading 22-7, their defense delivered the Coup de Grace!

Uchenna Nwosu's pick-six of Drake May wraps up Seahawks' win

Congratulations Seattle Seahawks

Final Score

Seahawks 29

Patriots 13

SBLX Parting Participatory Gifts await the New England Patriots as they board bus and plane to begin a long, losing-hearted trek back across the country to a cold, comfortless off-season in below freezing temperatures that is Foxborough, Massachusetts. 

Today's Foxborough Forecast: 

H 30 degrees (feels like 21)

L 15 degrees (feels like 7)

(Hope = feels like 0)