The Ringer Fantasy Football Show on Brock Bowers

PodcastPower Ranking the Best Week 1 Story Lines, the Michigan Mulligan, and the Liste...September 9, 2026

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One of the listener purges from the draft was that the 2024 draft class, none of them will ever be as good as they were. Their rookie year, Jaden Daniels, Brian Thomas, Brock Bowers, Malik Neighbors, all these guys peaked.

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A listener take suggests Brock Bowers may have already peaked

The source references a listener 'Purge' take suggesting that the 2024 rookie class, including Brock Bowers, may have already peaked in their rookie year.

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Bowers' 31.3% first-read target share (elite WR level) makes him TE1 overall, a WR1-level player.

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Bowers receives 99 of 161 completions despite missing first two games; primary target.

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Bowers downgraded: Raiders' low implied total (22.25), cross-country travel, Jets' elite TE defense.

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Bowers' production halved: 9.7 PPG past two weeks vs. 19.7 PPG in Weeks 3-5.

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Bowers leads all TEs in rest-of-season trade value at 64.

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Tight End Fantasy PPG Leaders: 1 - Brock Bowers 2 - Trey McBride 3 - Isaiah Likely 4 - George Kittle 5 - Tyler Warren 6 - Sam LaPorta 7 - Travis Kelc...

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