This is no doubt a disappointing development if you are holding shares of Mayer. However, there is some hope that Mayer is the Gronk to Bowers' Hernandez. I am buying shares of Mayer if they drop.
Slim hope indeed. I can’t think of any other examples of two fantasy relevant TEs on the same team.
Bill Belichick was attempting to build an offensive scheme built around two tight ends who both could have been very fantasy football relevant with Robert Gronkowski as the inline weapon and with Aaron Hernandez as the joker/offensive weapon/movable chess piece. It would have worked IMHO if not for the incredible criminal meltdown that Hernandez had.
The problem here for the Raiders is that they don’t have a Tom Brady at QB, Michael Mayer is not a Gronk level talent, and there are unknown questions about whether Luke Getsy can develop a creative scheme to make both players viable for most leagues to draft and be able to start both players for fantasy football purposes.