Injury Jul 29, 2026 Adam Levitan Some details in here on the Ricky Pearsall (knee) situation. It's crazy, but PCL injuries seem to be bothering players more than ACL injuries these days. I didn't count that enough on Pearsall, was a bad mistake. * Brock Bowers (PCL) 2025 season torpedoed * Dalton Kincaid (PCL) multiple seasons torpedoed <https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49482528/49ers-concern-pearsall-latest-knee-flare-up>
News Jul 29, 2026 32BeatWriters Top takeaways from first #Raiders training camp practice: - Rookie cornerback Hezekiah Masses started team period with the first-team. - Fernando Mendoza had good command over the offense, showcased some mobility. - Good day for tight ends Brock Bowers, Michael Mayer.
Value Jul 29, 2026 Chuck Bass Last year I told you to: DRAFT Ashton Jeanty Brian Thomas Jr Brock Bowers Jayden Daniels FADE JSN James Cook Trey McBride Drake Maye Got your ass lol
Value Jul 29, 2026 Hayden Winks If redraft ADP for the TE4-7 is the 5th and 6th round, then it seems like Brock Bowers is an even better Round 2 pick.
Value Jul 28, 2026 Reddit /r/fantasyfootball Comment (score 209): "Bowers will feast with Kirk." Separate comment (score 30) recommends drafting Bowers as confirmation of Raiders passing game upside, suggesting he's a strong fantasy value pick. Implicit bullish signal: Cousins as starter means consistent passing volume for Bowers; no negative sentiment detected. Value Jul 28, 2026 Ian Hartitz Fantasy football tight end tiers! -Round 2 Brock Bowers is a helluva drug -Loveland > McBride because I prefer Ben Johnson-Caleb Williams to LaFleur/Hackett-Brissett/Minshew/Beck. Sue me -Dalton Kincaid 📈📈📈 -Terrance Ferguson could be fun! -MORE ✍️ <https://www.rotowire.com/football/article/fantasy-football-draft-rankings-2026-te-tiers-124868>
News Jul 28, 2026 Adam Levitan Brock Bowers before the sex vs. Brock Bowers after the sex.
News Jul 27, 2026 Ian Hartitz College receiving totals: -Brock Bowers (2,538 yards, 26 TD) -Trey McBride (2,100 yards, 10 TD) -Colston Loveland (1,466 yards, 11 TD) -Tyler Warren (1,839 yards, 19 TD) -Harold Fannin (2,396 yards, 17 TD) ... -Charlie Kolar (2,181 yards, 23 TD)
Value Jul 27, 2026 Ian Hartitz Super Bowers draft strategy from 1.02: -Sweet RB1 in Round 1 -Brock Bowers Round 2 -Choose your favorite wide receivers for 4-5 rounds -RB2 by committee with dudes in murky backfields and handcuffs -Late-round QB in Round 10+ Free mock draft simulator: <https://www.rotowire.com/football/mock-draft/>
News Jul 27, 2026 Ian Hartitz Every tight end to average 15+ PPR points per game during their career in NFL history (min. 20 games): Brock Bowers
Value Jul 27, 2026 Ian Hartitz Top-12 tight ends in fantasy football ADP and where Vegas has their offenses ranked in regular-season team implied scoring: TE1: Brock Bowers (Raiders rank 28th) TE2: Trey McBride (31st) TE3: Colston Loveland (10th) TE4: Tyler Warren (16th) TE5: Tucker Kraft (8th) TE6: Sam LaPorta (1st) TE7: Harold Fannin (30th) TE8: Kyle Pitts (24th) TE9: George Kittle (7th) TE10: Travis Kelce (11th) TE11: Mark Andrews (3rd) TE12: Dalton Kincaid (6th)
News Jul 27, 2026 Sigmund Bloom We are underway! My new nemesis @CharlesChillFFB got Bowers at 1.6 that lucky dog [Quoted](
Value Jul 26, 2026 Sigmund Bloom I'd rather have Bowers or Loveland at ADP 2025 numbers were very much garbage time inflated [Quoted](
Value Jul 25, 2026 Reddit /r/fantasyfootball FantasyPros PPR rank 20–24; some prefer him over Achane in early rounds. News Jul 25, 2026 Chuck Bass You can get 100% of Bowers/McBride's production in the later rounds.
Projection Jul 24, 2026 NFL.com News After a historic rookie season, Bowers curtailed his sophomore effort with knee troubles but still made a second consecutive Pro Bowl. He has 176 receptions in 29 career games, the most by any tight end in NFL history over his first two career seasons. His standout showing came in his return from injury in Week 9, when he was targeted on more than a third of his 36 routes, hauling in 12 receptions for 127 yards and three scores against Jacksonville, suggesting potential for more production in Year 3 after a coaching and offensive overhaul in Las Vegas. Projection Jul 23, 2026 Reddit /r/fantasyfootball Article subject as current dynasty TE1. Community acknowledges Raiders' superior QB stability (Mendoza/Kubiak continuity) and offensive philosophy (Jeanty + Bowers usage priority) vs. Cardinals' uncertainty. Injury concern: Bowers was injured last year but expected to be healthy week 1; some argue this shouldn't disqualify him given he was on track for TE1 before injury. Consensus: Bowers' situation better than McBride's long-term due to organizational stability, though McBride may outscore him this year. Raiders TE (not WR, but critical context). Dominates Raiders target share; Bowers, Jeanty, Mayer accounted for ~43% of Raiders targets last year. Limits WR ceiling; none of Raiders WRs getting WR2 targets unless Bowers injured. Community notes Bowers is primary beneficiary of Cousins/Kubiak upgrade. Mentioned as top-5 to top-10 WR in TE spot; elite talent with clear succession plan (Michael Mayer as handcuff in dynasty). Value Jul 23, 2026 SleeperNFL .@MattOkada's Top 7 fantasy TE values: 1. Brock Bowers (20.2) 2. Tucker Kraft (67.3) 3. Chig Okonkwo (146.2) 4. Tyler Warren (50.1) 5. Kyle Pitts (71.3) 6. Brenton Strange (128.8) 7. Jake Ferguson (104.0) (ADP via Sleeper)
Value Jul 23, 2026 Dataroma Raiders are on team I expect to comfortably outperform expectation offensively (implied PPG rank of 29th). Should be a massive scheme improvement from the disaster that was this 2025 offense, # 1 overall pick QB, Bowers healthy, and additions to the OL (mainly Linderbaum). Comfortable projecting LV much closer to a league-average offense rather than a bottom-tier one.
News Jul 23, 2026 Ian Hartitz Brock Bowers is this year’s JSN
Value Jul 23, 2026 Ian Hartitz Super Bowers fantasy football draft strategy: Round 1: Elite RB Round 2: Brock fooking Bowers Rounds 3-6: Baller wide receivers Rounds 7-9: Figure out RB2, more fun receivers Round 10: Late-round QB Rounds 11+: Travis Hunter and handcuff RBs
News Jul 22, 2026 Zain Dhanani A reminder of why you may not want to invest in Trey McBride, Marvin Harrison Jr, and Michael Wilson Carson Beck is likely to get a chance to start some games (won't play til he's ready) Recent Rookie RD3+ QBs average 190 Pass Yards and 1 TD (min 4 starts to exclude BAD QBs)
News Jul 22, 2026 Ted Nguyen 🏴☠️ Just Win Pod 🏴☠️ @JoshNorris joins us to talk about how to properly price Ashton Jeanty and Brock Bowers in your fantasy drafts <https://youtu.be/54G-4GbIF3w?is=H309VxYgpmYObV_s>
Projection Jul 21, 2026 Yahoo Fantasy Football Bowers is positioned as the next Travis Kelce for fantasy football. His 64.6 yards per game through his first two seasons are the most since at least 2000 at TE; his five closest comps (George Kittle, Jeremy Shockey, Rob Gronkowski, Jimmy Graham, Aaron Hernandez) averaged +4 YPG in their third NFL season, and his 13 closest comps averaged +7 YPG, including HOF talents like Antonio Gates and Kelce. The combination of Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza at QB with Super Bowl-winning OC Klint Kubiak is a better setup than Vegas 2025. Bowers is likely to be healthier, and the Raiders are even worse at receiver heading into 2026 if Jalen Nailor is viewed as a downgrade to Jakobi Meyers. The defense is better but will still create garbage-time receptions. A former Raiders analytics director tweeted that the team had a goal last year of a single-season record for catches and targets for Brock before the Week 1 injury. News Jul 21, 2026 Matt Harmon NEW Reception Perception The Show 🏈 -Brock Bower's this season's JSN? -How do Drake Maye's and AJ Brown's charts mesh? -Cam Skattebo and Woody Marks RB profiles Listen and subscribe ⤵️ <https://linktr.ee/ReceptionPerception> [Retweeted](
News Jul 21, 2026 Zain Dhanani Raiders wanted continuity with Brock Bowers + TEs are a major part of the Kubiak system They will be moved all around the formation and get screens We saw some of this with AJ Barner - much easier to see with a guy like Bowers
News Jul 21, 2026 Ian Hartitz I think Klint Kubiak likes Brock Bowers [Quoted](
News Jul 21, 2026 Sigmund Bloom I think Klint Kubiak likes Brock Bowers [Retweeted](
News Jul 21, 2026 Ian Hartitz Brock Bowers
News Jul 20, 2026 SleeperNFL .@TheDan_Parr ranks his Top Fantasy TEs for the 2026 season: 1 - Brock Bowers 2 - Colston Loveland 😳 3 - Trey McBride 4 - Tyler Warren 5 - Tucker Kraft 6 - Sam LaPorta 7 - Kyle Pitts 8 - Harold Fannin Jr. 9 - George Kittle 10 - Travis Kelce 11 - Jake Ferguson 12 - Isaiah Likely
News Jul 20, 2026 SleeperNFL Brock Bowers lands at No. 60 on the NFL Top 100 list. Are there 59 players better than Bowers? 🤔
News Jul 20, 2026 SleeperNFL Maxx Crosby on Brock Bowers: “He’s one of the most talented guys I’ve ever seen. He makes the crazy things look normal all the time… He doesn’t shy away from any type of battle, regardless of who it is.”
Role Jul 19, 2026 The Long View Podcast Bowers faced a historically poor offensive situation with the Raiders in 2025; the team had 5-7 games with 100 or fewer total air yards passing vertically—a rate dramatically higher than the rest of the league combined—due to offensive line issues, poor scheme design, and Geno Smith's inability to get the ball downfield. Role Jul 19, 2026 The Long View Podcast Talented player in poor situation; Raiders offense was a disaster in 2025 with offensive line issues and inability to get the ball downfield. Team had five to seven games with 100 or fewer total air yards passing vertically—dramatically higher rate than rest of league. Geno Smith couldn't get the ball out, had happy feet, and offense was poorly conceived. Everything that could be bad about a situation was bad for Bowers last year, in addition to his injury. Projection Jul 19, 2026 Flock Fantasy In tight end premium format, Brock Bowers is projected to go at pick 9, but would fall to the third round in standard formats without tight end premium scoring. Value Jul 19, 2026 FantasyPros Articles ADP 21 (TE1), the source prioritizes him in every league and is willing to take him as high as 13 overall. Bowers is the primary tight end target in redraft leagues and a generational talent who caught 112 of 153 targets for 1,194 yards and five touchdowns as a rookie despite playing injured and in a poor offensive scheme. Massive season expected due to scheme upgrade under new head coach Klint Kubiak, one of the top play-callers in football who elevated Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Quarterback upgrade from Geno Smith to first overall pick Fernando Mendoza (with Kirk Cousins as backup, familiar with Kubiak's scheme) removes suppressed production from prior season. The source projects Bowers may set records. Value Jul 19, 2026 FantasyPros Articles Brock Bowers holds the top ranking among tight ends on the dynasty trade value chart; the gap between him and Trey McBride at the very top widened slightly in this update, reinforcing his elite positioning. Bowers is highlighted as an elite tight end prospect worth prioritizing in round two, with a draft strategy built around securing him early and stacking receivers around him. Brock Powers is described as 'so freaking good' and the analyst doesn't want to miss the boat on him in home managed leagues. 