We're wrapping up the regular season in Silver and Black Pride's Mendoza Mania series, diving into film breakdowns for each of Fernando Mendoza's games during his last College Football season, and looking at Indiana's dominant 56-3 win over in-state rival Purdue.
However, this was the Las Vegas Raiders' new quarterback's worst performance of a passer from last year, going eight for 15 (53.3% completions) with 117 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. The latter is misleading, though.
Pro Football Focus had him on the hook for three "turnover-worthy plays" at a 17.6 percent rate, his most TWPs and highest rate (by over 12 percent) on the year. Also, the 2026 NFL draft No. 1 pick didn't account for any "big-time throws" and posted his lowest PFF passing grade (28.3) of the season by more than 20 points against the Boilermakers.
So, fair warning, this breakdown is going to be more negative than positive, as it looked like the Heisman Trophy winner was pressing and forced a handful of throws.
This was Mendoza's first pass of the game and, in a way, set a precursor for how the rest of the night went for him.

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