Overview

• Bowers missed Thursday and Friday with a knee issue and was photographed in street clothes with a sleeve on his left knee.
• Carroll said there was no setback and described the late-week absences as planned rest, adding he expects Bowers to play.
• An outside sports-medicine physician speculated on social media about a possible PCL sprain and predicted Bowers could sit Week 5 and possibly longer, which has not been confirmed by the team.
• Fellow tight end Michael Mayer is also questionable with a concussion, leaving Ian Thomas and Carter Runyon as next options, with Albert Okwuegbunam available on the practice squad.
• Bowers has played through the injury since Week 1 with reduced production (225 yards on 19 catches) for a 1-3 Raiders offense that ranks 24th in points per game.