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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
While having an All Pro rookie season Raiders TE Brock Bowers still got his degree on time
It's safe to say Brock Bowers won't have to worry about anything but being a football player as a career. But that didn't stop the All Pro tight end from finishing what he started and getting his degree. Bowers left the Universoty of Georgia after his junior season as the bet tight end in the country twice over. He was a consecutive All American and Mackey Award winner and was more than ready to turn pro. For many college athletes that means their attention shifts to their pro career. Advertisement Not Bowers. Not only did he choose to finish his college education and get his degree in finance, he did it on time. Getting his degree four years after he started. That's remarkable for anyone, really, let alone someone who turned pro, which would mean much of his time would now to take with preparing for games each week. It becomes downright astonishing when you consider what Bowers was able to accomplish on the football field while still apparently spending a good deal of his spare time on his studies. Bowers broke a rookie tight end receiving yards record that stood for six decades, while setting a rookie receptions record (112) and the Raiders franchise receptions record. Advertisement Don't know how he does it, but it's quite impressive. This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders All Pro TE Brock Bowers gets his college degree from Georgia
USA Today
13-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Raiders new DBs with visions of new Legion of Boom in Las Vegas
Raiders Wire Among the moves the Raiders made in free agency, the Raiders signed a whopping four defensive backs. The commonality between them? They're big. First they re-signed 6-4 Isaiah Pola-Mao to a two-year deal. Next up, they brought on 6-3 safety Jeremy Chinn. Followed by 6-2 Lonnie Johnson Jr. And finally 6-1 cornerback Eric Stokes. That's some serious size in the secondary. And that's just the way Pete Carroll likes it. In each instance, Carroll personally spoke to these guys to tell them of his vision for them. And each came away excited about the possibilities. Thursday the three newcomers spoke to the media and in each instance, Carroll's legendary Legion of Boom defense came up. Jeremy Chinn has played a linebacker/safety hybrid role in his time in the league and is known for coming up and popping backs at the line or receivers coming over the middle. When thinking of the Legion of Boom, there is one guy who comes to mind who filled that role. And Chinn brought him up unprompted. 'When you look at his secondaries and the kind of guys that he's had," Chinn said of Carroll. "You think of Kam Chancellor and the Legion of Boom and guys like that. I'm just excited to be a part.' Chinn relishes his versatility as a DB, adding "It keeps me and the defense unpredictable." Lonnie Johnson Jr knows about playing various roles. He came into the league as a cornerback, but was moved to safety and in recent years has made his money on special teams. He too was excited by the possibilities of what Pete Carroll has planned for him. 'Man, the call I got from Pete was amazing, man. He's known for working with bigger DBs too," said Johnson. "You got guys like Kam Chancellor, Richard Sherman, you got guys like that, the LOB back in the day. He's known for working with guys with my physical attributes, my physical traits, Chinn's physical traits. Guys like us. We're excited to see what can he do to develop us and help us become better players. Obviously he's a gold jacket coach in waiting like I tell everybody. But what can he do to develop us and put us in the right plays.' Johnson added Richard Sherman to the conversation in part because Sherman played cornerback at 6-3 and the 6-2 Johnson has played cornerback, nickel back, and safety in the league. At 6-1, 195 Eric Stokes is on the larger side for a cornerback. While Sherman has him by two inches, they both come in at the same weight. Stokes has yet to show the same versatility as the others in his four-year career. The former first round pick played exclusively outside cornerback for the Packers. But Sherman did the same for Carroll and the Seahawks. Sherman excelled as a physical press-man, bump-and-run corner and that's Stokes's preferred style of play. Physicality is the name of the game for the Raiders defense. Something new linebacker Elandon Roberts is known for as well. Which he says is important in order to "send a message". While there may never be another Legion of Boom, Pete Carroll is prioritizing physicality in his defense and versatility in his secondary because those tenets were what led to that legendary defense a decade ago. These new, hungry players are game for trying to recreate that.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Raiders depth chart after Day 1 of Free Agency
Day one of the Free Agent negotiating period -- aka Free Agency -- saw a lot of movement for the Silver & Black. Some players left the building (or soon will), some stayed, and some arrived (even if unofficially). This included all of the Raiders' top five free agents. After the dust settled on the first wave, here's what the depth chart would figure to look like if the season started today: OFFENSE Starters QB Geno Smith* Aidan O'Connell Carter Bradley RB Sincere McCormick Zamir White Dylan Laube Isaiah Spiller WR Ramel Keyton Krisitan Wilkerson Shedrick Jackson WR Jakobi Meyers Jeff Foreman Alex Bachman SWR Tre Tucker DJ Turner Tyreik McAllister Kyle Philips TE Brock Bowers Michael Mayer Justin Shorter LT Kolton Miller Dalton Wagner LG Alex Cappa* Jordan Meredith C Jackson Powers-Johnson Will Putnam RG Dylan Parham RT DJ Glaze Thayer Munford DEFENSE DT Christian Wilkins Jonah Laulu Tyler Manoa DT Adam Butler Matthew Butler Zach Carter ED Maxx Crosby Tyree Wilson Ovie Oghoufo DE David Agoha ED Malcolm Koonce K'Lavon Chaisson Charles Snowden Andre Carter II LB Elandon Roberts* Tommy Eichenberg Amari Gainer Jackson Mitchell LB Amari Burney Luke Masterson Kana'i Mauga Brandon Smith CB Jack Jones MJ Devonshire CB Jakorian Bennett Decamerion Richardson SCB Sam Webb Kyi Blu Kelly SS Jeremy Chinn* Thomas Harper Trey Taylor FS Isaiah Pola-Mao Lonnie Johnson Jr* Christopher Smith II SPECIAL TEAMS K Daniel Carlson P AJ Cole LS Jacob Bobenmoyer *New arrival QB Desmond Ridder RB Ameer Abdullah RB Alexander Mattison WR Terrace Marshall Jr TE Harrison Bryant T Andrus Peat G Cody Whitehair DT John Jenkins DE Jenarious Robinson LB Divine Deablo LB Marcus Epps CB Darnay Holmes This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders depth chart after Day 1 of Free Agency
