Raiders tight end Brock Bowers said he feels "100%" healthy entering Year 3 after he had battled a knee injury for the majority of last season.
Raiders tight end Brock Bowers said he feels "100%" healthy entering Year 3 after he had battled a knee injury for the majority of last season.
Ryan McFaddenMay 28, 2026, 06:15 PM ETCloseRyan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN's NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun.
Ryan McFaddenMay 28, 2026, 06:15 PM ET
HENDERSON, Nev. -- Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers said he feels "100%" healthy entering Year 3 after he had battled a knee injury for the majority of last season.
"I feel great," Bowers said after the team's OTA practice on Thursday. "It feels good to be back out there, practicing full speed [and] getting back into football with all the guys again."
Bowers said his sophomore campaign was frustrating since he wasn't his normal self and couldn't replicate or surpass his stellar rookie season, in which he led all tight ends with 1,194 receiving yards.
Bowers played three games through a posterior cruciate ligament injury and a bone bruise in his left knee that he suffered in the Raiders' season-opening win over the New England Patriots, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Bowers was then sidelined for three games to allow for recovery.
Bowers played in 12 games (eight starts), totaling 64 catches for 680 yards, seven touchdowns and was named to his second straight Pro Bowl before he was placed on the season-ending injured reserve list for the two weeks of the season.
Bowers said he has done more preventive workouts during the offseason so that he can stay healthy throughout the offseason and training camp in July.
"That's half the battle, staying healthy and available week to week," he said.
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