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ArticleMichael Mayer, Jackson Powers-Johnson, 8 Las Vegas Raiders entering make-or-bre...September 8, 2026

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He was viewed as the long-term answer at tight end after being a second-round pick, but that only lasted a year after the Raiders took Brock Bowers in the first round during the following draft.

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Bowers' first-round selection displaced Mayer as Raiders' long-term TE answer.

Bowers was drafted in the first round by the Raiders in the year following Michael Mayer's selection, effectively ending Mayer's tenure as the long-term tight end answer despite Mayer being a second-round pick the prior year.