The only time this season the Raiders' offense looked at least somewhat formidable was in their opening 20-13 victory at New England .

Brock Bowers, arguably the NFL's top tight end, entered his second season by catching five passes for 103 yards. It also was in that game that he injured a knee. That greatly limited his impact the following three weeks before he briefly shut it down to recover more fully.

Now, Bowers is back, and Las Vegas is hopeful this is the version capable of dominating an opponent when the Jacksonville Jaguars visit Sunday, especially after a bye week that provided extra time to heal.

“He looks like he’s full speed and he’s back,” Raiders coach Pete Carroll said. “Last week with the three days that we had, he looked good every day, particularly good on the Monday

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