HENDERSON, Nev.—The Las Vegas Raiders started their day welcoming their new franchise quarterback (QB) Fernando Mendoza, and ended with General Manager (GM) John Spytek, and Assistant General Manager (AGM) Brian Start celebrating a day two of the 2026 National Football League (NFL) Draft that couldn’t have gone much better. Oh Happy Day Raider Nation showing Fernando Mendoza the Love pic.twitter.com/pU0b5kcN6c — Hondo Carpenter (@HondoCarpenter) April 25, 2026 Late into the evening and going well into Friday morning, the Raiders' brain trust had their draft board for the start of day two. They had the 36th pick overall (fourth in the second round), and entering the NFL's annual selection process this morning, there were five players, not all of the same value,  but all of more value than the 36th pick that they would have been thrilled to have selected.…