03-01-2025, 12:07 PM
I wouldn't give shit for him. Nobody knows what he's capable of at the NFL level. His want-to or lack thereof is the reason he's on the trading block 2 years after being drafted. That's not a profile that screams give up actual draft capital to me.
People will want to paint the success of Bowers as a reason for the Raiders to dump Mayer. This is a red herring. Teams utilize multiple TEs all the time, and the Raiders aren't exactly burdened with a glut of weapons. Even the reputationally TE averse Bengals plug in multiple TEs with some modicum of success. Bowers shouldn't make Mayer expendable. He should make him even better.
With players like this that are clearly in line for a divorce from their current team, the best policy is to wait it out. This is even more true with Mayer. The only reason you give a dime for him is to avoid another team getting him first. Seeing that I doubt anyone gives anything for him, I'd just let his desire to be home walk him right back to Cincinnati if that's the case.
As a cheap, buy low candidate, there are worse options.
People will want to paint the success of Bowers as a reason for the Raiders to dump Mayer. This is a red herring. Teams utilize multiple TEs all the time, and the Raiders aren't exactly burdened with a glut of weapons. Even the reputationally TE averse Bengals plug in multiple TEs with some modicum of success. Bowers shouldn't make Mayer expendable. He should make him even better.
With players like this that are clearly in line for a divorce from their current team, the best policy is to wait it out. This is even more true with Mayer. The only reason you give a dime for him is to avoid another team getting him first. Seeing that I doubt anyone gives anything for him, I'd just let his desire to be home walk him right back to Cincinnati if that's the case.
As a cheap, buy low candidate, there are worse options.
