The Pro Football Writers of America has released their All-NFL team. And, as you might expect, Raiders rookie phenom TE Brock Bowers made the team.
Here is the full All-NFL team:
Offense
QB – Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens*
RB – Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles; Derrick Henry, Baltimore Ravens
WR – Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals; Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings
TE – Brock Bowers, Las Vegas Raiders (r)
C – Creed Humphrey, Kansas City Chiefs
G – Quinn Meinerz, Denver Broncos; Joe Thuney, Kansas City Chiefs*
T – Penei Sewell, Detroit Lions*; Tristan Wirfs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Defense
DE – Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns+; Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati Bengals*
DT – Cameron Heyward, Pittsburgh Steelers; Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs#
OLB – Nik Bonitto, Denver Broncos; T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh Steelers*
MLB – Fred Warner, San Francisco 49ers#
CB – Derek Stingley Jr., Houston Texans; Patrick Surtain II, Denver Broncos
S – Kerby Joseph, Detroit Lions; Xavier McKinney, Green Bay Packers
Special Teams
PK – Chris Boswell, Pittsburgh Steelers
P – Jack Fox, Detroit Lions
KR – KaVontae Turpin, Dallas Cowboys
PR – Marvin Mims Jr., Denver Broncos
ST – Brendan Schooler, New England Patriots
Bowers is the only rookie on this year’s team. There wasn’t a rookie on last year’s team at all.
Bowers led all tight ends this season in catches (112) and yards (1194). He set a record for rookie catches, and a rookie tight end record for receiving yards.
PFWA put out both their All-NFL and All-AFC teams. Bowers was, of course, on both teams. There were no other Raiders who made either team.