NFL Combine: Fernando Mendoza Details Journey From ‘Terrible’ Prospect to Top Pick
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INDIANAPOLIS — At the NFL Combine, it’s customary for prospects to get bombarded with questions about which teams they've met with. Have you talked to the Buccaneers? Have you met with the Jets? And so on. But at his combine press conference on Friday, Fernando Mendoza didn’t have to field a single one of those questions. No, reporters simply asked how his meeting with the Raiders went. That's because it’s a virtual lock that the Indiana quarterback will go No. 1 overall to join rookie head coach Klint Kubiak in Las Vegas. "It was a fantastic interview," Mendoza told reporters. "I know they have the prospective No. 1 pick, but anything could happen in the draft. I'm just excited for...

