Raiders lack faith in Mayer; Bowers has eliminated his playing time
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Mayer's own team (Raiders) doesn't seem to have strong belief in him despite being a good prospect coming into the NFL. His relationship with the team has impacted his playing time, and Brock Bowers has mostly nuked that playing time. By the end of his rookie contract he has done nothing, making him a worse prospect than Eli Rariton.
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I thought Michael Mayer coming into the NFL was frankly a really good prospect, but his own team doesn't really seem to have that belief. At one point, it seemed like he, he like did seem to very clearly want to trade to get off the team. So I think probably his relationship with the team has impacted his playing time.
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- Mayer's own team (Raiders) doesn't seem to have strong belief in him despite being a good prospect coming into the NFL. His relationship with the team has impacted his playing time, and Brock Bowers has mostly nuked that playing time. By the end of his rookie contract he has done nothing, making him a worse prospect than Eli Rariton.
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