Michael Mayer

Bowers is still battling a sore foot, and it's kept the 13th pick of this year's draft out of action since August 18. The 21-year-old has enormous talent and has a chance to be a TE1 in his rookie campaign, but fantasy managers should keep a close eye on his status in the coming days. Michael Mayer makes a lot of sense as an insurance policy.

The Athletic's Vic Tafur reports Bowers is missing the Raiders' Tuesday night practice due to a sore foot. Bowers also missed preseason Week 2 with the sore foot. The Raiders picked the 21-year-old with the No. 13 overall selection in this year's draft. They invested high draft capital in him and are fine with him missing a little time with sophomore second-round pick Michael Mayer still out there. There are no indications that Bowers will miss extended time yet, so expect him to return for the regular season as a back-end fantasy TE1 value.