Brock Bowers keeps rewriting the tight end record book, even as the Raiders keep sliding.
In Sunday’s 38-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Las Vegas star was once again the centerpiece of the offense. Bowers caught seven of eight targets for 111 yards and a touchdown, and he added another line to a season that already looks historic.
He now has 224 career catches, which the Fox broadcast said is the most by any tight end through his first three seasons. That mark moved past Trey McBride, who had 221 receptions from 2022 to 2024.
The numbers don’t stop there. According to CBS Sports researcher Doug Clawson, Bowers became the first tight end ever to put up 650 yards and six touchdowns in his first seven games of a season. He has 658 receiving yards, the most at the position, despite missing the first two games.
Even with just 12 games played in 2025, Bowers has no peer when it comes to early-career production at tight end. He still has eight games left to add to that total.
And the pace is wild. If he keeps it up, Bowers is tracking toward 1,410 receiving yards, which would leave him only six shy of Travis Kelce’s single-season record for a tight end.
He could also become the second tight end ever, alongside Kelce, to post two 100-catch seasons. Through seven games, he already has 48 receptions.
Still, his big afternoon wasn’t enough to lift Las Vegas. Bowers finished with more receiving yards than the rest of the Raiders’ offense combined, which totaled 105, and his fumble was one of five turnovers in the defeat.
The Raiders have now dropped five of their last six and will try to steady things against the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday.
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