Knowing the team that will be drafting him, Fernando Mendoza has had a bit of an advantage in his preparations for joining the Las Vegas Raiders’ offense. On Thursday’s episode of the “Kay Adams Show,” ESPN NFL analyst Louis Riddick stated that Mendoza, the likely No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, is “way ahead” in learning the Raiders’ West Coast offense.

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Mendoza was accustomed to operating in run-pass option schemes on offense last season at Indiana. The Florida native will be asked to master the nuanced conceptual West Coast offense that will require Mendoza to find receivers down the field, stretch defenses in the secondary, and react quickly with precision in the many formations that the offense breeds under Raiders coach Klint Kubiak.

The Raiders signed Kirk Cousins in free agency this spring. Someone Mendoza has been studying intensely the past two years. Mendoza will get the chance to earn the starting role in Las Vegas next season, which makes learning coach Kubiak’s offense of paramount importance.

This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Louis Riddick: Fernando Mendoza ‘way ahead’ learning Raiders’ offense