Raiders Position Assessment: Breaking down the Las Vegas tight end group

[ASFN Admin]

With the draft under a month away, it’s time to check in on the Raiders’ tight end position to give it a condition of either Strong, Stable, Unstable, Serious, or Critical.

Starter: Brock Bowers​

Backups: Michael Mayer, Ian Thomas, Justin Shorter​

Condition: Strong​

Bowers is the best tight end in football. Mayer can be a decent number two, but that appears to be the best we can expect from him. Which may be enough. They also added Ian Thomas in free agency.

Draft projection​

With arguably the best tight end in football and with some solid depth, this may be the one position the Raiders can completely ignore in this draft.

This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders Depth Chart: Analyzing the tight ends ahead of NFL draft

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