A new era of Raiders football is set to begin after Las Vegas took quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft. And Maxx Crosby, for one, couldn’t be more excited. The Tuesday after the draft, Crosby hopped on his podcast The Rush to share his unfiltered thoughts on Mendoza joining the organization and potentially developing into the franchise’s quarterback for the future. After welcoming Mendoza to the black and silver, Crosby got honest about how the former Indiana signal-caller can succeed in the NFL and earn his teammates’ respect. “It's a whole another game, coming to the NFL, it's the highest level—there's no other level higher. And you have to realize that you're there for a reason,” Crosby said. “You can't let that be intimidating. It's easy to say, but harder to do. And you just got to be 100% bought in on the process because your time, it's not on your timing. ... You don't know when it's going to be your name's going to be called.…