Brock Bowers, who has been dealing with a knee injury since the Las Vegas Raiders’ Week 1 win over the New England Patriots, showed up on the Wednesday practice report as limited, and did not practice on Thursday.
Bowers caught eight passes on ten targets during the Week 1 game against the Patriots, gaining 103 yards and averaging 20.6 yards a reception in the Raiders’ 20-13 win over New England. But he missed time during that game with the knee injury, and has been wearing a brace on his injured left knee since then.
He has played in every game this season for the Raiders, but since his Week 1 outing against the Patriots his production has dipped. Bowers caught eight passes for 38 yards against the Los Angeles Raiders in Week 2, caught 5 passes for 38 yards against the Washington Commanders in Week 3, and last week he hauled in six passes for 46 yards against the Chicago Bears.
Bowers has yet to reach the end zone this season.
After the game against Washington, Bowers admitted that he was “frustrated” with the knee brace.
“Yeah, I mean, I’ve been working every week trying to be as healthy as I can for game day,” Bowers said after the team’s Week 3 loss to the Commanders. “You know, gotta be wearing the knee brace. It’s frustrating at times, but I mean, I want to play. I want to be out there with the guys, so I gotta do what I gotta do.”