Brock Bowers Day-to-Day with Knee Injury, per HC Pete Carroll

Bowers racked up 103 yards on five catches in his first game with Geno Smith under center before exiting with a knee injury that cut his Week 1 short. While day-to-day isn’t a death sentence when it comes to a recovery timeline, it certainly doesn’t inspire confidence that the all-world tight end will be ready to go in time for the Raiders’ Week 2 clash with the Chargers. One thing to bear in mind: the Raiders play on Monday Night next week, allowing Bowers and additional day to get right before potentially suiting up. The other edge of that sword is that fantasy managers might have no choice of a substitute for Bowers if his availability isn’t announced until Monday, which seems to be in the cards, given the inexact nature of his injury and timeline. Michael Mayer saw not insignificant snaps in Week 1 even with Bowers on the field, so he would be the default backup option for managers who want to be able to roll through this week of fantasy action without having to worry about having a zero at their tight end spot. However, other options exist on the waiver wire similar to the names that can be used to replace Brock Bowers, including Juwan Johnson, Harold Fannin, and Brenton Strange, to name a few. Ultimately, all that’s left to be done is monitor practice reports ahead of MNF this week – if Bowers is active, he’s a must start even if he’s playing at less than 100%. If Bowers doesn’t go, expect Jakobi Meyers to continue to command the lion’s share of targets in the Raiders' passing attack from Geno Smith.