The Las Vegas Raiders are facing the reigning Super Bowl champions Seattle Seahawks in Fernando Mendoza's first career NFL start Sunday, and it's not about to get easier for them with star tight end Brock Bowers going down with an injury early in the contest.

“Raiders TE Brock Bowers has gone to the locker room with an ankle injury,” NFL insider Adam Schefter of ESPN shared via a social media post on X, formerly Twitter.

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