Raiders TE Brock Bowers will help WR Jakobi Meyers in returns on Sunday

The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to get an offensive boost this week against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Raiders’ new No. 1 wide receiver Jakobi Meyers returned to practice Wednesday and is expected to take the field Sunday, according to coach Antonio Pierce. Meyers has been out the past two weeks with an ankle injury. His return will help this struggling Raiders offense immensely.

During Meyers’ absence, the star of the show was rookie tight end Brock Bowers. But no other Raider pass catcher has joined the party.

Meyers’ return will take sole focus away from Bowers and open up the passing game for both. This also allows wide receiver Tre Tucker to get back into the slot and be the downfield threat for the Raiders.

If the Raiders want to pull the upset against Kansas City like they did last season, this offense will need to get Bowers and Meyers involved early and often. They have both shown the ability to gain yards after the catch.

Not everything has to happen on the field: get the ball to your playmakers and let them play.

“I’m excited to have him (Meyers) back,” Bowers said said on Wednesday. “So we’ll see what happens. We’ll see what he does this week.”

Bowers has been the only consistent player on the Raiders’ offensive end this season, and a dominant one at that. He himself can’t even put his finger on why that is the case.

“I don’t know,” Bowers said of his consistency. “It’s hard to say. I still don’t know. Sometimes I don’t feel like that. I feel like I’m still losing plays. And I think, ‘Damn, I wish I had that play back.’ So I think it’s still like knowing I can get better at certain things. And knowing that I’m not good at everything, I always feel like I can get more yards after the catch and more open. I mean, it’s basically everything. I just want to take my game to the next level.”

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