Yahoo Sports Staff Updated Sun, November 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM UTC About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement In this story The Seattle Seahawks will travel to face the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 10, with kickoff set for 4:05 p.m. ET at Allegiant Stadium. Expect all eyes to be on Raiders rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza, as the No. 1 overall pick makes his first career start following the trade of Kirk Cousins to the Minnesota Vikings.
The defending Super Bowl champions will once again be without Sam Darnold in this matchup, having ruled out their starting quarterback earlier this week with a quad injury. It's his second consecutive game missed and third total this year, giving Drew Lock yet another start. Lock has played well this season, though he's dealing with an oblique injury and continues playing through elbow tendinitis in his throwing arm. He's completed 71.1% of pass attempts for 5 touchdowns, no interceptions and a 7.9 yards per attempt average.
Mendoza will have his hands full in his first career start up against Seattle's defense, currently ranked top-five in points and yards per game, yards per play and scoring drive percentage allowed to opponents so far this season. His only action so far this season came in relief of Cousins in a blowout loss against the New England Patriots, completing six of eight pass attempts for 48 yards.
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Las Vegas will start the second quarter with possession and a fresh set of downs. On the Raiders' last play, the offense faced third and four, but Mendoza showed off his legs again and took off for a gain of 7.
The Raiders had a productive first drive, but lost Brock Bowers to an injury, at least temporarily.
The star tight end was rolled up on, and went into the medical tent. Bowers is now questionable to return due to an ankle injury.
After the nullified TD, Drew Lock pulled off some magic.
The seattle QB looked like he was going to run to the left after scrambling away from defensive pressure.
Lock then threw on the brakes at the line of scrimmage and launched a ball to the end zone. A sliding, wide open Cooper Kupp caught it perfectly in the end zone.
It looked like the Seahawks had answered the Raiders' scoring drive with one of their own.
Drew Lock found Jaxon Smith-Njigba for what looked like the 29-yard score. Seattle was called for offensive pass interference from what the broadcast called a pick play, but the refs attributed it to JSN.
The first drive of the Fernando Mendoza era was a successful one. With Brock Bowers still getting checked out on the sideline, the Raiders faced third and goal on the 10-yard line.
Mendoza kept it himself and took off for the end zone. The No. 1 overall pick scored his first career TD.
Social media quickly picked up on the fact that his first NFL TD looks eerily similar to a rushing TD he had in last season's college football national championship. That one was a 12-yarder.
Raiders TE Brock Bowers got rolled up on from behind and stayed down on the field. He is in the medical tent.
After trading away Kirk Cousins at the trade deadline, No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza was thrust into this starting role.
Zach Charbonnet took the first carry of the game for six yards. On second down, quarterback Drew Lock — filling in for Sam Darnold — fumbled and it was recovered by the Raiders.
Here comes No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza for his first drive.
The Seattle Seahawks and Las Vegas Raiders are less than 90 minutes out from kickoff, and each team has announced its Week 10 inactives. Here's a look:
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