I have been saying Mendoza has to go for a long, long time now. Just look at Sam Young - not getting down on the kid, but, as a three year starter and at 6'8" and 320+ he should be dominating like Jake Long or someone of that caliber. We should be able to run behind him at will! And yet, he gets called for more holding penalties than most of the other linemen. Not a knock on him as much as it is a bad mark against his physical training and technique. The other indicator for me is how all our players go down on first contact more often than not. We are not strong. Our line has the size, but they do not blow people up!
Mendoza needs to be packing his things up TOMORROW! The sooner we get him out the sooner our boys can get on a better program for strength and conditioning.