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    Rookie Brock Bowers gets the Raiders on board with an improbable 57-yard catch and run

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    • Paul Gutierrez, ESPN staff writerOctober 6, 2024, 4:20 PM ET

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        Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as a reporter for the Las Vegas Raiders. He has a multi-platform role: writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before joining ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area as a multi-platform reporter, covering the Raiders and Oakland Athletics and anchoring the news show SportsNet Central. Gutierrez is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and is also a member of the Professional Football Writers of America and currently serves as president of the PFWA’s Las Vegas Chapter. He is also a member of the California Chicano News Media Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Gutierrez has written three books: Stories from Tommy Davis from the Dodgers Dugout, 100 Things Raiders Fans Need to Know and Do Before They Dieand AlsThese walls can talk: stories from the marauders’ sidelines, the locker room and the press boxwith Lincoln Kennedy. You can follow Paul on Twitter @PGutierrezESPN

    DENVER – Technically, Brock Bowers is a rookie tight end. Realistically, and to the delight of the Las Vegas Raiders, the No. 13 overall draft pick is a versatile player.

    Bowers went up and over Denver Broncos safety P.J. Locke on a jump ball up the middle of the field from quarterback Gardner Minshew, reeled in the ball and ran down the left sideline for a 57-yard catch-and-run touchdown for the first goal out his career.

    It was the Raiders’ longest play this season. It was also the longest reception by a Raiders TE since Darren Waller in Week 17 of 2019 (75 yards, also in Denver).

    It was the fourth play of the scrimmage for the Raiders, playing without starters at receiver (Davante Adams, who is rehabbing a hamstring injury awaiting a trade) and running back (Zamir White, who injured his groin during practice this week injured).

    It was also Minshew’s fourth touchdown pass in six games, giving the Raiders a 7-0 lead with 12:57 to play in the first quarter.

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