Las Vegas Raiders manager Klint Kubiak confirmed astatine his quality league Friday greeting what had been reported Wednesday afternoon, hours aft helium near the podium.
Tight extremity Brock Bowers won’t play Sunday against the Miami Dolphins astatine Allegiant Stadium.
Kubiak’s optimism notwithstanding.
The first-year manager told reporters Wednesday helium expected a steadfast roster Sunday, hours earlier ESPN reported Bowers underwent a near meniscus repair. His reply to a question astir the presumption of Bowers and antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby — who didn’t play during the preseason — called into question his forthrightness.
“We’re expecting to person each of our guys acceptable for Sunday,” Kubiak said Wednesday greeting astatine Intermountain Health Performance Center. The NFL’s argumentation for media doesn’t necessitate truthfulness from coaches during quality conferences, mandating it alternatively connected wounded reports.
Bowers wasn’t successful azygous for the information of signifier unfastened to reporters and ESPN reported Wednesday day the onetime All-Pro was acceptable to miss “a crippled oregon two.” Kubiak said Friday the request for country for Bowers was discovered “pretty quick. I don’t retrieve precisely what day. But, yeah, helium got it cleaned up and we’ll get him backmost soon.”
Bowers has been ruled retired aft missing the week of practice, and arsenic for the reported return-to-play timeline, Kubiak declined to corroborate oregon contradict it. “Hope to get him backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible,” Kubiak said, adding helium remained optimistic Bowers could person played Sunday aft his procedure. Plagued past play by a balky near knee that outgo him 5 games of his sophomore season, Bowers is rehabilitating astatine the team’s installation successful Henderson.
“He’s a champion,” Kubiak said of Bowers.
As for the progressive roster Sunday, Kubiak said rookie backmost Fernando Mendoza volition backmost up starting backmost Kirk Cousins with Aidan O’Connell serving arsenic the exigency quarterback. Kubiak noted Mendoza is preparing the mode helium did passim grooming campy to debut Sunday afternoon.
Potentially.
“He treats each time similar a crippled and each down similar it’s fourth-and-1,” Kubiak said, suggesting he’ll beryllium acceptable to play if request be. “That’s the beingness of an NFL backup. That’s wherefore he’s got to beryllium the astir mature feline successful the room. A feline that tin hole connected his ain successful the darkness, successful the shadows, and erstwhile called upon, spell triumph the game.”
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