Raiders star TE Bowers inactive with knee injury

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Las Vegas Raiders' Brock Bowers is inactive successful Sunday's matchup against the Indianapolis Colts, contempt manager Pete Carroll expressing his anticipation that the All-Pro choky extremity would beryllium available.

Bowers missed 2 consecutive days of signifier with a genu wounded aft being constricted Wednesday. Carroll said the squad decided to clasp Bowers backmost from signifier truthful that helium could get further remainder up of the game.

He had been listed arsenic questionable to play.

Bowers has played done a PCL wounded and a bony bruise successful his near genu that helium suffered successful the season-opening triumph implicit the New England Patriots, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Doctors person said the lone mode for Bowers to retrieve from the genu injuries is to rest, which helium has been unwilling to do, the sources said.

When speaking to reporters astatine his locker connected Friday, Bowers said he's feeling amended each week and wants to proceed that trend. He added that helium wasn't allowed to stock further details connected his injury, but it has been frustrating to woody with.

Despite Bowers being connected the field, his accumulation has gone down drastically.

He has totaled 14 catches for 122 yards since his five-catch, 103-yard show successful Week 1. Bowers -- who has played with a brace and a sleeve connected his near genu -- has been held to nether 50 receiving yards for 3 consecutive games -- the longest agelong with little than 50 yards successful his two-year career.

Bowers, however, led the Raiders successful yards successful past week's nonaccomplishment to the Chicago Bears with 46.

"It's painful, sore, conscionable annoying [and] frustrating due to the fact that I privation to beryllium backmost to afloat spot and going afloat speed, being capable to abstracted from guys," Bowers said. "I consciousness similar I can't truly bash that to the champion of my abilities close now."

In summation to Bowers, the Raiders volition beryllium without Michael Mayer (concussion), leaving the choky extremity country down to Ian Thomas, undrafted rookie Carter Runyon and Albert Okwuegbunam, who was elevated from the signifier squad.

Starting linebacker Germaine Pratt (non-injury related) volition not play, arsenic helium did not question with the squad to Indianapolis.