An injury goes from “week-to-week” to “day-to-day,” and you’re supposed to feel hope. For a guy who rewrote the NFL record books as a rookie last year, eclipsing a mark set by Mike Ditka (112 catches and 1,194 yds), he has been awfully quiet. Brock Bowers is a ghost in the Raiders ’ machine. And Pete Carroll is trying to get him back into existence.

The truth is, Bowers’ knee has been a problem since Week 1. He played through it for 3 games, a tough-guy act that eventually gave way to the sideline. He sat out Sunday’s brutal 40-6 loss to the Colts, and now the Raiders are trying to figure out what comes next. “ We’re trying to make sure that he’s ready to come back and stay back,” Carroll said, a coach’s way of admitting the first plan didn’t quite work. Bowers has just 19

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