Brock Bowers

Raiders signed No. 13 overall pick TE Brock Bowers to a four-year contract.

The deal, of course, includes a fifth-year team option for 2028. Although the Raiders were an unideal landing spot for 2024 — their quarterback situation is amongst the league’s worst, while the skill corps is surprisingly crowded — Bowers could clear out the field soon enough. Neither Davante Adams nor Jakobi Meyers will be around for the long haul, while second-year pro Michael Mayer could already be a stranded asset of the previous regime. It’s disappointing that Bowers doesn’t have a clear rookie path to top-five status at a thin position, but that could arrive as soon as 2025. As it is, Bowers is still worth back-end TE1 consideration for the upcoming season, and that could end up a conservative projection.