In a major update on the Las Vegas Raiders, their tight end Brock Bowers is active for the Week 3 NFL game against the New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon.
Bowers, who was a game-time decision, was listed as active by the Las Vegas Raiders as they released the final roster before Sunday’s game. Bowers had suffered a knee injury in training camp and had to undergo a meniscus trim surgery. Though Bowers is back in the active ranks, a meniscus trim surgery means there are still restrictions on what he can do. “Brock Bowers did it! Klint Kubiak’s stance on Brock Bowers changed significantly in the last two days.
He had to undergo surgery just before Week 1 of the NFL started, missing all of the NFL preseason and the first two weeks of the regular season. Brock Bowers 2026 season debut comes with a very important caveat, Jesse Morse , a Miami, Florida based sports medicine physician and NFL injury specialist, explained. Had surgery just before Week 1 (August 9) and 19 days later he’s playing in Week 3,” Morse wrote in a X post ahead of the game. “He won’t be 100%, is at increased risk for reinjuring the meniscus, and might get limited snaps, but he’s active. S am Warren of The Athletic had reported that Kubiak said they will not be working out Bowers before the Saints game, as they did for the Los Angeles Chargers game in Week 2.
But even as their reliable tight end returns to action, an NFL injury expert explained what fans should realistically expect from Brock Bowers today. On Friday, Klint Kubiak said that Bowers is questionable for the New Orleans Saints.
But that situation changed significantly since Saturday as the team announced that Bowers was a game-time decision. He was eventually declared active.
Bowers worked out on the field before the game and looked sharp, as many NFL Insiders observed.
