"Dwayne Bowe is still the kind of man who owns a hat that says "I AM THE GREATEST" and has his last name tattooed across his back, like a jersey. The NFL is full of testosterone and grown men busting with confidence, but even by these high standards, Bowe has All-Pro swagger.
Maybe now, finally, when the Chiefs need it most, his play is starting to match.
The Chiefs smacked the Jaguars 42-20 on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, the kind of slam-job that good NFL teams put on bad ones — and there are all kinds of reasons to continue to believe this will be a fun ride.
This is the NFL's best rushing offense paired with one of its best rushing defenses. The Chiefs play in a terrible division with the league's second-easiest schedule and their "limp" quarterback now has a 108.9 passer rating over the last four games.
In other words, drop the skepticism. If you're not taking this seriously by now, you're out of touch and missing out on the Chiefs' best team in years. That's a backhanded compliment, of course, but if you have a friend who doesn't think this is a playoff team, now would be a good time to bet dinner.
And one of the biggest reasons to believe is the wide receiver once famously described as "the single biggest dumb ass in the NFL.""