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Heading into the 2024\u00a0NFL\u00a0draft, there was some chatter about whether the tight end position would go the way of running back around the league, a spot on which teams would rarely use a first-round pick and could regularly just churn through the position a few years at a time. Unless you\u2019ve got\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0or\u00a0George Kittle, well, there\u2019s no point spending big-time assets on tight ends. To that, though, the\u00a0Raiders\u00a0say pish. Give us Brock Bowers.<\/p>\n

\"Raiders<\/p>\n

Las Vegas got the guy who is by far the best tight-end prospect in the 2024 draft on Thursday, as Bowers is likely to be the only tight end picked in the first two rounds after slipping to the Raiders at No. 13.<\/p>\n

There were not many who loved the move, though. It was called a \u201cstunner\u201d at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where\u00a0columnist Ed Graney wrote, \u201cLove the player. Not so much the pick.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s too low for a player of Bowers\u2019 caliber, as Pro Football Focus sees it. The site plucked the four biggest steals of the NFL draft\u2019s first round and sure enough, Bowers was on the list\u2014even with the Raiders having sued a second-rounder on Michael Mayer last year. But\u00a0PFF credited the Raiders\u00a0with thinking outside the box.<\/p>\n

\"Raiders<\/p>\n

\u201cThis could turn out to be a savvy move to zig while the rest of the league zags, allowing Las Vegas to frequently operate in 12 personnel,\u201d the site noted, referring to the possibility of using two tight end packages.<\/p>\n

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Brock Bowers Compared to Travis Kelce<\/h2>\n

Bowers is 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, and was projected as high as is a potential Top 10 pick in this year\u2019s draft. He played 40 games in three seasons at Georgia, where he helped the Bulldogs win two national championships. He\u00a0totaled 2,538 yards\u00a0on 175 catches, and scored 31 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

PFF had him ranked as the No. 6 overall prospect and tabbed him with a season grade of 84.4 this year, No. 2 on the list of 468 tight ends in college football.<\/p>\n

Draft analyst Colton Edwards wrote of Bowers, \u201cHe possesses the characteristics, attributes, and skill set to be a cornerstone of an NFL franchise. A cornerstone such as the Chiefs\u2019 tight end Travis Kelce where the offense is dialed around him.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s pretty high praise, but that is how good Bowers might yet prove to be.<\/p>\n

PFF added, in an article titled, \u201c2024 NFL Draft: Biggest steals of Day 1, including Brock Bowers and Laiatu Latu: \u201cTopping the 85th percentile in three of PFF\u2019s most stable metrics, Bowers saw only nine contested targets in 2022 while creating easy separation against SEC linebackers and defensive backs. He consistently made splashes after the catch, with 7.6 yards after the catch per reception, and ranked second among Power Five tight ends in yards per route run.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Raiders Still Searching for New QB<\/h2>\n

The talent from Bowers is nice, and the Raiders now have a loaded group of pass-catchers with him and Mayer inside with\u00a0Jakobi Meyers\u00a0and\u00a0Davante Adams\u00a0as the receivers, but the question for the Raiders remains: Who\u2019s going to throw passes to all these catchers?<\/p>\n

One of the goals of the Raiders entering the draft was to come up with a quarterback of the future and perhaps of the present, a guy who could challenge\u00a0Gardner Minshew\u00a0and\u00a0Aidan O\u2019Connell\u00a0for the starting job in 2024 or at least be a long-term developmental option.<\/p>\n

But when the \u00a0Raiders\u2019 choice was on the clock, six\u2014six!\u2014quarterbacks were off the board: Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Michael Penix Jr., JJ McCarthy and Bo Nix. There was literally no one left to draft.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking out for the Raiders\u2019 next move at the quarterback spot, the\u00a0potential Day 2 draftees\u00a0are Spencer Rattler from South Carolina and Tyler Pratt from Tulane. Don\u2019t be surprised if we see one of those throwing passes to Bowers in training camp.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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