NFL Headlines

IN THIS STORY:
play PSD fantasy sports Team Home
Rumors
Roster
Bowe focuses on wins, not highlight-reel catches

"Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe doesn't keep track of his favorite catches or bother to rank them when asked. He prefers to wait until the end of the season to tally his touchdowns and reflect on them then.

For the moment, he'd rather look ahead to the next big catch.

"I don't look at the past," Bowe said Wednesday when the subject of Sunday's remarkable, one-handed, 5-yard touchdown grab at Indianapolis was brought up. "That play is over. We play the Raiders (on Oct. 23). I'll make another great catch.

"My job is to catch the ball no matter how hard it looks."

The degree of difficulty on his second touchdown at Indianapolis was off the charts. Bowe had to reach over Colts cornerback Jacob Lacey — who already had been flagged for pass interference on the play — and tip the ball to himself long enough to make a falling, one-handed grab.

ESPN ranked it as the No. 2 play of the day behind a catch by the Giants' Victor Cruz, who caught a one-handed ricochet off a defender and went 68 yards for a touchdown.

"Things like that happen out of the blue," Bowe said on Wednesday after the Chiefs' final practice before getting four days off for their bye. "His was a marvelous catch. But mine was all effort. A lot of people said his was luck, but a catch is a catch. He made an awesome catch, I made an awesome catch, we just have keep going forward and see who finishes off the year with awesome catches. …

"Next week, when we play Oakland, I'm definitely going to try to make another unbelievable catch. After the game, I never look at 'em again. When you get satisfied with making one, the next week comes up and you're going to try to do the same things. You've got to clear your mind … at the end of the year, that's the only time I look at all my touchdowns."

As impressive as Bowe's second touchdown at Indianapolis was, his first score — a signature catch-and-run through the secondary for 41 yards — might have been even more important, because the Chiefs were trailing 17-0 in the second quarter. The play gave them some hope."


Top NFL Headlines