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Brock Bowers is Hacking the System #bestball #fantasyfootball

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2 min
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Oct 3, 2026
Published
Sat, October 3, 2026
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Brock BowersJack BechJaxon Smith-NjigbaMichael Mayer
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Brock Bowers

PositiveUsage0:04

The source highlights that Brock Bowers is functioning as a wide receiver rather than a traditional tight end, evidenced by a 41% target share, 3.31 yards per route run, and a usage split of 39% slot and 39% out wide. He was not used in-line at all, effectively playing a wide receiver-centric role similar to Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Additionally, defensive attempts to shadow him with Kool-Aid McKinstry were unsuccessful.

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Jack Bech

NegativeDepth Chart1:41

Jack Bech has been placed on injured reserve, which further thins an already shallow wide receiver depth chart for the Raiders.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba

NegativeRole0:04

The source compares Brock Bowers' usage and role to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, suggesting that Bowers is effectively playing a similar wide receiver-centric role despite his tight end designation.

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Michael Mayer

NegativeRole0:37

Michael Mayer's usage remains consistent as the starting tight end, with route participation rates of 76%, 77%, and 84% over the last three weeks. However, the source notes that the presence of Brock Bowers soaking up targets is detrimental to Mayer's fantasy outlook.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00You you we've talked about, you know, I
0:02think we're on slightly different sides
0:03of this where it's like
0:04the the Brock Bowers will be JSN thing,
0:07you were kind of like, he's not JSN.
0:09But, I'm kind of like, zoom out. And
0:11isn't he kind of JSN?
0:13>> [laughter]
0:14>> So, I feel like that, you know, we're
0:16coming off a a good week for that point
0:18of view because he has a 41% target
0:20share.
0:21Uh only one game, but uh 3.31 yards per
0:24out run. And he was not used in line
0:28at all. Uh he had a 39% slot rate and a
0:3239% out wide rate. And one of the ways
0:35you can tell that he is just straight-up
0:37not a tight end is that Michael Mayer's
0:39usage didn't change at all, basically.
0:42He was still used as the starting tight
0:45end. Uh had route participation of 76%,
0:48which is good for a tight end. And
0:50pretty much in line with where he's
0:51been. 77% week one, 84% week two, 76%
0:54last week. Obviously, Bowers is going to
0:56soak up a ton of targets, not good for
0:58Mayer to have him on the field, but
1:00Mayer's going to be on the field. Jack
1:02Beschnal to IR. There's no wide receiver
1:05depth here.
1:07Brock Bowers is just a straight-up wide
1:09receiver. Like, if
1:11I if this this was a thing, which
1:13thankfully it's not, I would be worried
1:15that like
1:16DraftKings would just change his
1:18position, you know? Cuz he's he's a he's
1:20not a tight end, dude. [laughter] He's
1:22just not a tight end. We're we're
1:23getting to play a straight-up wide
1:24receiver in our tight end spot.
1:27>> Yeah, he played uh 14 snaps at right
1:29wide receiver, 12 at left wide receiver.
1:31He played 18 in slot. And Brandon Staley
1:33threw everything at him. At one point,
1:35he had Kool-Aid McKinstry just following
1:37him.
1:38Uh didn't work. Like, he was like, they
1:40were trying all kinds of different
1:42stuff. They tried to bracket him, and it
1:43didn't matter, man. Like, he was the
1:45>> was talking after the game. He's like,
1:47I'm still learning him. Like, we we
1:48don't have chemistry yet. You know, we
1:50got to we got to figure it out.
1:52>> The full the football robot sent from
1:54heaven was roboting his ass off last
1:56weekend.

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