Overview
- Las Vegas moved Bowers and Chinn to injured reserve on Dec. 24, formally ending both seasons days before a Week 17 meeting with the 2-13 Giants.
- Bowers has managed a left-knee PCL injury and bone bruise since Week 1, missed three games midseason, returned to form, and was named to his second Pro Bowl.
- The tight end finishes 2025 with team highs of 64 receptions, 680 yards and seven touchdowns across 12 games, falling short of rookie-year totals.
- Chinn, a 15-game starter, lands on IR after recording 114 tackles, with his absence thinning a defense already short on playmakers.
- The timing amplifies draft stakes for Sunday’s game that could determine control of the No. 1 pick, as Michael Mayer steps in at TE and the Raiders add S Terrell Edmunds and WR Shedrick Jackson to the active roster, with LS Luke Elkin and T Joshua Miles joining the practice squad.