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Michael Mayer injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Las Vegas Raiders · Tight end · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 3 full seasons on record, Michael Mayer played 38 of 51 regular-season games (75%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Las Vegas Raiders room absorbs +0.69 receptions, and Brock Bowers takes the largest single share at +0.23. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the tight end room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Mayer TE · 81% snaps | 3.60 | — | OUT |
| Brock Bowers TE · 82% snaps | 5.80 | 6.03 | +0.23 |
| Tre Tucker WR · 66% snaps | 3.90 | 3.90 | +0.00 |
| Ashton Jeanty RB · 69% snaps | 3.60 | 3.60 | +0.00 |
| Cody White WR · 0% snaps | 1.30 | 1.30 | +0.00 |
| Jalen Nailor WR · 51% snaps | 1.20 | 1.20 | +0.00 |
| Ian Thomas TE · 32% snaps | 0.90 | 1.13 | +0.23 |
| Jack Bech WR · 35% snaps | 0.90 | 0.90 | +0.00 |
| Mike Washington Jr. RB · 20% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Dylan Laube RB · 15% snaps | 0.60 | 0.60 | +0.00 |
| Malik Benson WR · 13% snaps | 0.60 | 0.60 | +0.00 |
| Chris Myarick TE · 5% snaps | 0.50 | 0.73 | +0.23 |
Injury history
Over his 3 full seasons on record, Michael Mayer played 38 of 51 regular-season games (75%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LV | 6 of 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | LV | 13 of 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ankle, Concussion |
| 2024 | LV | 11 of 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 2023 | LV | 14 of 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Toe |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.107 | 2,160 | 2.29 |
| Tight ends | +0.492 | 1,024 | 9.57 |
| Backs | -0.045 | 1,259 | -0.92 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Michael Mayer’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection