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Raiders TE Brock Bowers (knee) and LB Elandon Roberts (elbow) are not practicing. They are observing the stretch period without a helmet.

Injury report will come out later this afternoon.

Related Players: Michael Mayer

While Mayer certainly wouldn't be a slam-dunk play if Bowers misses Week 2, he does make for an interesting streamer in leagues where there aren't a ton of options. The tight end ran only 16 routes, but did account for four of Geno Smith's 33 pass attempts with Bowers playing most of Week 1. Bowers should be jammed anywhere we have him if he suits up.

TE Brock Bowers, who exited Sunday's game with a knee injury and didn't return, is considered day to day, per Carroll.

Related players: Michael Mayer

Fantasy owners held their collective breaths when Bowers left Week 1's game with what appeared to be a non-contact knee injury. Some pointed to hits he took to the knee on previous plays, however. Later, reports surfaced that Bowers would be fine. We may not know more until the injury report comes out on Wednesday. The bad news is, the Raiders don't play until Monday night's later game, so owners may want to have a backup plan in place - just in case Bowers becomes a game-time decision.

Raiders TE Brock Bowers told NFL Insider Tom Pelissero his knee is fine and there are no concerns moving forward.

A sigh of relief for the Raiders and Bowers’ fantasy owners. Bowers started his second NFL season in a very nice way with 103 yards on five catches as the Raiders scored the Week 1 win in New England. Bowers sounds like he’ll be ready to go for the Raiders’ home opener next Monday night against the Chargers.

Raiders TE Brock Bowers is questionable to return to Sunday’s game against the Patriots with a knee injury.

Bowers limped off the field after running an in route during the fourth quarter. He was having a strong game with 103 yards on five catches. Hopefully the injury isn’t too serious. We could get some kind of update after the game.

The Raiders are signing WR Justin Shorter off their practice squad. He replaces the retired Amari Cooper on the 53.

Related Players: Jakobi Meyers, Jack Bech, Dont'e Thornton, Tre Tucker, Brock Bowers

Shorter just converted from TE to WR this season, so we wouldn't expect him to make enough of an impact to be fantasy-relevant. If anything, the trade-off from Cooper to Shorter should solidify the roles of the young options in Las Vegas.

Comeback no more: Raiders WR Amari Cooper has informed the team that he no longer has the desire to play and intends to retire, per The Insiders.

Cooper had signed at the end of camp in a hopeful reunion with the team that drafted. Now, he’s headed home from Las Vegas.

Related Players: Jakobi Meyers, Tre Tucker, Dont'e Thornton, Jack Bech, Brock Bowers

Well that was short-lived. Meyers should continue to be in WR2/3 consideration, while it's best to take a wait-and-see approach for the young receivers behind him.

Browns are sending QB Kenny Pickett to the Las Vegas Raiders, per sources.

Related players: Geno Smith, Aidan O'Connell, Joe Flacco, Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel

As Schefter summarized, the Raiders needed another backup for Smith with O'Connell fracturing his wrist in the preseason finale and being expected to miss 6-8 weeks. As for the Browns, they had a logjam at the position so it makes sense Pickett would be the one moved. Now the Browns will need to settle their QB depth chart behind starter Flacco.

The Raiders are signing free-agent receiver Amari Cooper to a one-year deal.

Related players: Jakobi Meyers, Jack Bech, Dont'e Thornton, Tre Tucker, Brock Bowers

Cooper had interest from multiple teams, including the 49ers, but elects to sign with Las Vegas. With Meyers recently asking for a trade, it's hard to tell just how the Raiders WR room with shake out. Bech and Thornton look to be at the top, but both are rookies. Tucker should be a factor but doesn't have a lot of experiencer either. There looks to be a path for Cooper's fantasy value, especially if the Raiders do move on from Meyers at some point soon. Cooper is 31.

Due to an inability to agree to a contract extension with the Raiders, WR Jakobi Meyers has requested a trade, per source.

Related players: Jack Bech, Dont'e Thornton, Tre Tucker, Collin Johnson, Brock Bowers

The post went on to say Meyers is going into the final year of his deal and is set to make a base salary of $10.5M in '25. This is certainly a situation to monitor as we head into the meat of draft season. Should Meyers get moved off the Raiders, rookies Bech and Thornton could very well be the team's top-two WRs with Tucker likely also in the mix behind TE Bowers. Thornton has turned more heads than Bech so far this summer, but Bech would likely have to have some role in the offense and does have more draft capital as well.

Vikings have inquired about trading for Panthers WR Adam Thielen, per league sources.

With WR Jordan Addison serving a three-game suspension and Jalen Nailor dealing with a hand injury, Thielen could wind up starting opening night for the Vikings if they can complete the trade.

We're projecting a pretty run-heavy approach for Minnesota this season, so it's hard to imagine Thielen providing a lot of long-term fantasy production. This does help McCarthy's floor as a low-end QB2.