Retired NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski holds high praise for Las Vegas Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers, saying 'he's on pace to be better than myself.'

MORE MAXX: Crosby earned his fifth-career AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors with six tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks and a pass defensed in Las Vegas’ 26-23 victory at Baltimore. His four tackles for loss are the most in a single game among AFC players this season.

Bowers is the first tight end ever to have at least five catches and at least 50 receiving yards in each of the first two games of his career. On Sunday, Bowers had nine catches for 98 yards in the Raiders’ win over the Ravens. That follows a debut game in which he had six catches for 58 yards in Week One.