Mike MoraitisWed, November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM UTC·1 min readWhy Brock Bowers could explode after Las Vegas Raiders' offensive coordinator change originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Las Vegas Raiders' change at offensive coordinator could be great news for superstar tight end Brock Bowers.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Raiders decided to fire Chip Kelly just 11 games into his tenure as the offensive coordinator and will replace him with quarterbacks coach Greg Olson.
Olson has served as an offensive coordinator for the Raiders twice before, and he had a stint in the same role with the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, also.
One of the common threads from Olson's previous stint as the Raiders' offensive coordinator from 2018-21 is how tight ends were heavily involved.
The data comes from Fantasy Points' Ryan Heath:
In 2018, Jared Cook, who was 31 at the time, had the best season of his career under Olson. He posted personal bests with 68 receptions for 896 yards and was targeted a whopping 101 times en route to his first Pro Bowl appearance.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBetween 2019 and 2020, Darren Waller racked up an astounding 262 targets for 2,341 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns, which put him on the map as one the NFL's best tight ends.
In 2021, which was Olson's last year as the play-caller, Waller only appeared in 11 games due to injury but still tallied 665 yards and was on pace to surpass 1,000 receiving yards once again.
If history tells us anything, Olson is not going to make the same mistake Kelly did, which was not getting Bowers the football enough.
Olson clearly knows what to do with a talented pass-catching tight end, and that could lead to Bowers taking off over the final six games of the 2025 campaign.
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