The Las Vegas Raiders made a series of peculiar moves on Wednesday morning. With two games against the New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs separating them from the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Raiders placed Brock Bowers and Jeremy Chinn on the IR, ending their 2025 seasons.
In a way, these moves made sense, as Bowers has been battling a knee injury all season, and Chinn has been nursing a back ailment for the last few weeks. But neither was bad enough to keep them out of Week 16's game, where they played 53 offensive and all 65 defensive snaps, respectively.