"Dwayne Bowe waited for Todd Haley's attention. There's no doubt he's got it now.

After the Chiefs wide receiver made one of the more spectacular plays Sunday of his four-year career — catching Matt Cassel's pass across the middle, then cutting back to the opposite side of the field for a 38-yard touchdown — he wasn't going to miss this opportunity to cash in with his coach.

The Chiefs had a 24-6 lead before they started that fourth-quarter drive; Haley told Bowe to finish off the Arizona Cardinals.

"I told him I'll make the play," Bowe said. "Matt put the ball there, and I closed it out."

After the score, Bowe ran up the sideline, waited a moment for Haley to turn toward him and they slapped hands. These two have been through a lot, and Sunday's exchange during the Chiefs' 31-13 victory at Arrowhead Stadium illustrated how far Bowe has come since Haley began pushing him more than a year ago.

Back then, Bowe was a talented wideout whose skills paled under his cartoonish antics. Now, as he showed Sunday, he's one of the Chiefs' best playmakers. He had six catches for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Not only that …

"They say I broke some record," he said in a rare post-game discussion with reporters. "I don't know. I'm just keeping my head down and (going to) keep catching the ball."

Told of the record — he's the first player in Chiefs history with a touchdown reception in six consecutive contests — Bowe smiled and said he couldn't yet enjoy it.

"Not until we win it all," he said. "Then I can look back on this game and say, 'Wow, I did that.'"

He also is one touchdown shy of tying Chris Burford's 48-year-old, single-season team record for 12 TDs in a season.

Bowe has never been short on bravado, and that's one reason why he has kept quiet throughout this season. Haley has asked Bowe to tone down his behavior, and if he's unable to control his outlandish statements to reporters, then he's probably better off just avoiding those conversations."