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Dwayne Bowe News & Rumors

Dwayne Bowe has possible concussion
January 2
Kansas City Star
 
"Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe left the game for good late in the first half after catching a 19-yard pass. The Chiefs said during the game he had a neck injury, but it turns out he has a possible concussion. "He came back on the sideline, but they wouldn't let him go back into the game," coach Romeo Crennel said. "He wanted to come back, but he got hit in the head, and in the NFL we are more cautious about those kinds of things." Going against a longtime nemesis, Denver cornerback Champ Bailey, Bowe was on the way to one of his best games of the season. He had six catches for 93 yards. The passing game suffered without him. The Chiefs had just 52 passing yards in the second half."
Bowe has a gift for grab
December 30
Denver Post
 
"Having battled so frequently, Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey? and Kansas City wide receiver Dwayne Bowe? must know each other's mannerisms and tendencies well enough to guess what the other will have for breakfast before Sunday's game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Bowe is completing his fifth year with the Chiefs; Bailey hopes to extend his 13th NFL season (eighth with Denver) with a playoff run. "He's tough every time I face him," Bailey said Thursday. "He's one of my biggest challenges. I look forward to it every time. I know he's going to give me his best shot. And I'm going to give him mine." Bowe, 6-foot-2 and 221 pounds, is having one of his best seasons. His 75 catches"
Bowe focuses on wins, not highlight-reel catches
October 13
Kansas City Star
 
"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"
Bowe can really take a bow for this one
October 10
Kansas City Star
 columnist Sam Mellinger
"Dwayne Bowe likes to point at the name on the back of his jersey and take bows after touchdowns. He once tried to nickname himself "The Show." In other words, subtlety has never been his thing. But just in case the message isn't coming across, he is standing in front of his locker after the Chiefs' second win of the season wearing a shirt that screams SWAG! in big block letters. And he just can't wait to use a line he's surely rehearsed. "My last name is Bowe," he says. "So everything I do, I want it to be un-Bowe-lievable." So maybe that guy is back, which is just fine because the biggest highlights of the Chiefs' 28-24 comeback win over the Colts here on Sunday are both Bowe's."
Bowe says slow start should have been expected
September 30
Kansas City Star
 
"Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, in a rare interview, said the Chiefs' slow start was to be expected. He didn't mention the way training camp and the preseason were slow developing for the Chiefs. He did blame the absence of offseason practices. None of the NFL teams had them because of the lockout. "We're definitely improving," Bowe said. "Without having (offseason practices), we've got to somewhat expect a slow start. Now we're just putting the pieces together, and that's going to help us win this game. We're just waiting for Sunday to come. "I'm not saying it's a big factor, but timing is key. Not having that, you can kind of expect a slow start." While the Chiefs' passing game was"
Zero answers for why Bowe had zero catches
January 10
Kansas City Star
 
"No one seemed to have an answer. Nearly an hour after the Chiefs were eliminated from the playoffs in a blowout loss to Baltimore, no one could muster a definitive reason why Dwayne Bowe, the team's best receiver and one of its most effective playmakers, wasn't part of the team's offense. Bowe led the league with 15 touchdown catches during the regular season, and he was chosen to his first Pro Bowl. But for some reason Sunday, he not only had zero catches — he wasn't even thrown to. Coach Todd Haley didn't offer answers for why one of the Chiefs' best playmakers was mostly invisible. But he appeared to be frustrated by it. "To have a game like that," Haley said, "and one of the guys that"
Bowe back at practice, Waters still ill
January 7
Kansas City Star
 
"Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe's chances of playing in Sunday's playoff game against Baltimore at Arrowhead Stadium appeared to rise dramatically Thursday when he was a full participant at practice. Guard Brian Waters did not practice for the second straight day but was at the Chiefs practice facility for at least part of the day. Both players have flu-like symptoms, an illness that appears to be moving through the Chiefs locker room. A reserve wide receiver, Quinten Lawrence, was absent from practice, also because of illness. Chiefs coach Todd Haley said the Chiefs were trying to prevent the bug from spreading."
Bowe present at start of Chiefs practice, but Waters was not
January 6
Kansas City Star
 
"Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was present at the start of Chiefs practice on Thursday, but guard Brian Waters was not there when practice began. Waters was, however, at the facility."
With Bowe and Waters ill, Chiefs add receiver Curtis
January 6
Kansas City Star
 
"Being out of a job and with the playoffs beginning, Kevin Curtis was sitting around at home in Miami already planning for next season. "I thought the year was over," he said. That was before the Chiefs, in their time of need, summoned the veteran wide receiver. He could be a key figure for the Chiefs in Sunday's first-round playoff game against Baltimore at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs began preparations Wednesday without their Pro Bowl wide receiver, Dwayne Bowe, as well as their Pro Bowl guard, Brian Waters. The Chiefs listed both players on their injury report as ill and wouldn't speculate whether they would be available to play against the Ravens. The last time the Chiefs listed a"
Bowe absent from early portion of practice
January 5
Kansas City Star
 
"Dwayne Bowe wasn't practicing with the Chiefs during the first few minutes of today's workout. The media is allowed to watch the first few minutes of practice."
Bowe, Charles and Waters chosen for Pro Bowl
December 29
Kansas City Star
 
"In yet another sign that good times are back at Arrowhead Stadium, the playoff-bound Chiefs had three players selected to the AFC's Pro Bowl roster. Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe and running back Jamaal Charles will make their first Pro Bowl appearances. Guard Brian Waters will make the trip to Hawaii for the fifth time. "It's hard for me to go crazy about this because everybody on this team has played such a significant role," coach Todd Haley said. "I'm happy some guys were recognized. I think all three of them deserve it." The Chiefs haven't had more than three Pro Bowl players since the 2006 season, when they had four. That was also the last time the Chiefs made the playoffs. They had no"
Chargers corners face test in Bowe
December 11
San Diego Union-Tribune
 
"While the Chargers try to "cheat" against the run this week, facing the NFL's No.1 running team, their two cornerbacks will alternate trying to keep one of the league's hottest wide receivers cold. Kansas City's Dwayne Bowe has caught 49 passes for 733 yards and 13 touchdowns over the past eight games - and that includes no catches last week against the Denver Broncos. "That's playing pretty well," Antoine Cason said with a smile. "He is beasting right now," Quentin Jammer said with eyes wide and a shake of his head."
Cassel to Bowe one of NFL's most potent combos
November 30
Kansas City Star
 
"It was shades of Len Dawson to Otis Taylor. All that was missing was the dirt. Just as Dawson and Taylor famously drew up a play in the dirt on the sidelines at Shea Stadium that set up a touchdown in a Chiefs playoff win against the Jets more than 40 years ago, Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel and wide receiver Dwayne Bowe scratched out some pass patterns of their own in Sunday's 42-24 victory at Seattle. Instead of dirt, they diagrammed the plays in the field turf at Qwest Field, and the biggest one was on a third-and-1 when Cassel hit Bowe on a slant-and-go down the left sidelines for 17 yards, setting up the Chiefs' final touchdown. The completion was just one of 13 between Cassel and"
Bowe still building trust
November 29
Kansas City Star
 columnist Sam Mellinger
"Dwayne Bowe is a star now, his "I AM THE GREATEST" hat looking at least a little truthful, which is this Chiefs season's defining story and the team's most encouraging development going forward. So long as it doesn't turn awful. Bowe is the new leadership's masterpiece, the face of a transition from punks to playoffs, the shining example of the organization's emphasis on character, and the knucklehead receiver playing like an honest-to-goodness MVP candidate is a dream come true. So long as it doesn't turn into a nightmare. Bowe made 13 catches for 170 yards and three touchdowns in the Chiefs' 42-24 win over the Seahawks on Sunday, as good a game as any NFL receiver will have this season,"
Bowe scores three TDs as Chiefs dominate Seattle
November 29
Kansas City Star
 
"This was the kind of game that, even a few weeks ago, the Chiefs might have lost. They might have froze in the pressure and reverted to 2009 form. Not Sunday. Something happened to Kansas City at halftime in Seattle, in that oddly shaped stadium in the Pacific Northwest: The Chiefs turned the corner and began what looked like a sprint into the home stretch. "I saw a team that willed this game to go the way that they wanted it to go," coach Todd Haley said after the Chiefs' 42-24 victory at Qwest Field. "We set our minds to it today at halftime, that we're going to finish this thing." This didn't look like the team that tripped over itself in losses at Oakland and Denver. It didn't look"
Bowe's breakout continues with record-setting game against Cardinals
November 22
Kansas City Star
 
"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"
Cassel, Bowe put up big numbers in blowout
November 15
Kansas City Star
 
"The Chiefs quickly became a desperate team Sunday, a fact revealed with nothing more than a quick glance at the postgame stat sheet. Matt Cassel posted career highs for pass attempts (53), completions (33) and yards (469). Dwayne Bowe did the same for receptions (13) and yards (186). Those numbers were due more to the fact the Chiefs fell behind by 35 points in the second quarter of what would become a 49-29 loss to the Broncos. "When you get down like that, you get one-dimensional," Cassel said. "You've got to throw, and you've got to try to get points on the board quickly. That's the mode we went into, more of a 2-minute mode. We had some success here and there, but it was just a tough"
Bowe is playing his best when team needs it
October 25
Kansas City Star
 columnist Sam Mellinger
"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"
Bowe bounces back with big game
October 18
Kansas City Star
 
"The one person in Kansas City brave enough to defend Dwayne Bowe passed on the opportunity to claim his vindication. "I'm not in that business," Chiefs coach Todd Haley said after Bowe had one of his best games as a Chief, albeit in a 35-31 loss to the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium. "No vindication at all for me. I'm just happy that the kid continues to work and wants to be good." Bowe caught six passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns. His 42-yard touchdown in the third quarter was spectacular. Bowe did what he does best. He caught a short pass and avoided several tackle attempts on his way to the end zone. One of the passes that didn't result in a touchdown came when Bowe scooped up"
Weis: It's good to go right back to a player after a mistake
October 16
Kansas City Star
 
"Weis on Bowe's drops Offensive coordinator Charlie Weis spoke with reporters for the first time since Sunday's loss at Indianapolis. Among the things Weis said: The Chiefs didn't intentionally go back to Dwayne Bowe on the play after his dropped touchdown pass. But generally speaking, they like to get a player involved again after he makes a mistake like that. Of course, as any Chiefs fan knows, if they kept coming back to Bowe after one of his dropped passes, their game plan would ignore everyone but Bowe. He dropped that second pass in Indianapolis, too. "The coverage allowed (Matt Cassel) to come right to him on that play, but there are a lot of times we try to do that to get that out"
Chiefs' Haley backing Bowe, Cassel
October 12
Kansas City Star
 
"Lesser on-field sins have found other players a seat on the bench or a ticket out of Kansas City. But the Chiefs and coach Todd Haley continue to show uncommon patience with wide receiver Dwayne Bowe. His third-quarter dropped pass in the end zone was a key play in the Chiefs' first loss of the season Sunday in Indianapolis. A catch would have given the Chiefs a 13-9 lead, but instead they settled for a field goal on the possession and eventually lost 19-9. Dropped balls have been a problem for Bowe almost from the day he joined the Chiefs in 2007, but Haley didn't sound on Monday like a coach ready to give up on Bowe anytime soon. "Dwayne Bowe did so many good things in that game, so many"
Chiefs' Bowe blocks out distractions in pivotal year
October 8
Kansas City Star
 
"Todd Haley told Dwayne Bowe that the requirements were simple: If he wanted to make the big plays he seemed to crave, then he would have to earn them. Bowe was coming off perhaps his most chaotic period as a pro. He was suspended four games last season for failing a test for performance-enhancing drugs, and this past spring, he described to a magazine the practice of "importing" women on Chiefs road trips. The Kansas City wide receiver was on shaky ground. He had no choice but to listen to his coach — and to do what was asked. "Compared to where he was the year before, (Bowe) showed that sense of urgency," Haley said this week. "The players respond how you coach them. If you enforce the"
Quietly, Bowe is becoming a more reliable receiver for the Chiefs
August 30
Kansas City Star
 
"Another day passed, and Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe kept following the script, difficult as it might sometimes be. Standing in the locker room Sunday afternoon, dressing and controlling the music on Tamba Hali's stereo, Bowe shook his head and said that, no, he wouldn't be speaking to reporters on this day. Maybe not the whole year. "Well," Bowe said with a smile, "I can't say the whole year." Difficult as it might be for Bowe, a fourth-year receiver, to remain silent, there's little doubt that the Chiefs' plan for him is working — at least for now. And his silence is part of a plan. When reporters approached Bowe on Sunday, a team employee caught the player's eye and shook his head,"
Bowe the knucklehead still vying for attention with Bowe the receiver
August 20
Kansas City Star
 columnist Sam Mellinger
"Dwayne Bowe hasn't dropped a pass. Not yet, not in a game. And that would be a good thing, except he hasn't caught one either. The second preseason game is Saturday night in Tampa, and Bowe is still looking for his first catch. The Chiefs coaches insist this doesn't matter. "That's really insignificant," offensive coordinator Charlie Weis says. "We didn't go in game-planning to get the ball to Dwayne." Those words are fine. One preseason game isn't a big deal. But Bowe's performance this year is a ginormous deal for the Chiefs, and if they want to know if they can count on him in the regular season, it would be good to see him do something in the preseason. Because for all his popularity"
'Show' stopper: Bowe needs to concentrate on catching ball, not attention
August 4
Kansas City Star
 columnist Sam Mellinger
"D-Bowe doesn't work here anymore. It's just Dwayne now, without the alter ego that he sometimes called "The Show." That guy no longer exists. You can just call him Dwayne. This is the new Chiefs policy, official or otherwise, a carefully monitored way of handling their good-natured but too often knuckleheaded receiver: Nobody is to call him D-Bowe anymore. Not coaches, not teammates, and especially not Dwayne. The intent is clear. Dwayne Bowe needs to concentrate more on being a professional receiver and less on the sideshow that caused one league source to famously call Bowe "the single biggest dumbass in the NFL." It's a good idea. The problem is that old habits are tough to break. Grown"
Bowe apologizes but says he was misquoted in ESPN the Magazine
May 28
Kansas City Star
 
"Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe spoke with reporters after Thursday's practice and addressed his latest brush with negative attention. Bowe was quoted in the May 21 issue of ESPN the Magazine describing a practice in 2007 of veteran Chiefs players flying in women to be with the players during a trip to San Diego. Here's a transcript of Bowe's comments, in which he said several times that the magazine misquoted him. Note: The Pitch reported Thursday that ESPN the Magazine possesses a tape of Bowe's comments. Can you address your comments to the magazine? "I'm going to say it one time and one time only: I apologize to the organization, the team, those guys who I put in a bind. My words was"
Protection of Bowe doesn't mesh with Chiefs' emphasis on accountability
May 25
Kansas City Star
 
"Dwayne Bowe wasn't made available to reporters after Monday's offseason practice, and the fourth-year wide receiver had left the locker room by the time media were allowed inside. As has been the case after past infractions by Bowe and others, Bowe avoided discussion of his latest brush with negative attention. It's unfair that players such as Jamaal Charles and Chris Chambers were left to speculate on Bowe's words -- and the attention those words have generated -- while the player who said them is elsewhere. It just doesn't jibe with the team's new emphasis on accountability and character, and it could send the message that if a player makes a mistake, others will bail him out. Bowe told"
Chiefs' Bowe runs silent route; Haley says controversy handled internally
May 25
Kansas City Star
 
"Dwayne Bowe did his speaking on the field Monday, and that's something the Chiefs could stand more of from their top wide receiver. Instead of discussing a secret custom of "importing" women to the team's hotel during road trips, or describing the contents of his grandmother's medicine cabinet, Bowe dashed across the middle and caught a tough pass in the wind during the week's first offseason practice. "You've got a lot of young guys who our coaching staff is constantly coaching, on and off the field," Chiefs coach Todd Haley said, "trying to get them to think the way that we know works, and act the way that we know works." That has been a priority during Haley's time in Kansas City: Get"
Former Chief Jimmy Wilkerson denies Bowe's claims about goings-on at hotel in San Diego
May 21
Kansas City Star
 
"Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe might have told the story of a girl being stashed in every room at the Chiefs hotel for a game in San Diego in 2007, but a former teammate denied his account Thursday. "The things he's saying are not true," said defensive lineman Jimmy Wilkerson, who played five seasons for the Chiefs, the last being in 2007. "Security is so tight at the hotels. They wouldn't allow your family members to come up to the rooms, let alone have girls waiting in the rooms for you. If they did that, it affects the Chiefs owners, the organization and the coaches. It makes it look like the coaches let this kind of stuff go on, and I know Coach (Herm) Edwards did not do that. "I"
As season nears end, Chiefs continue to wait on Bowe
December 30
Kansas City Star
 
"Dwayne Bowe has spent this season trying to prove he can handle the details. That hasn't always been pretty. But the Chiefs wide receiver's third season has been telling, and this is perhaps one of the memorable lessons Kansas City will take from Bowe's performance in 2009: that as talented as Bowe is, he can't yet be considered among the Chiefs' reliable and consistent players. Bowe has been dogged by Todd Haley, praised by the Chiefs' coach, been a sloppy route-runner, a dynamic target near the end zone, suspended for four games, and had his effort questioned after Sunday's loss at Cincinnati. The details almost always steer that conversation, and after another season of waiting for"
Chiefs bring back Bowe, put Savage on injured reserve
December 20
Kansas City Star
 
"The Chiefs re-added their best wide receiver Saturday, but it came at a cost to another weakened position. Kansas City activated Dwayne Bowe to the 53-man roster, making him eligible to play in today's home finale against Cleveland. Bowe rejoined the team Monday after a four-week NFL suspension for violating the league's policy on performance- enhancing substances. To make room for Bowe, the Chiefs placed running back Dantrell Savage on injured reserve. Savage had been listed as questionable because of an ankle injury. He joins Kolby Smith, who was placed on IR two weeks earlier."
Bowe works with first-team offense in return to practice
December 17
Kansas City Star
 
"Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe returned to practice Wednesday and worked with the first-team offense, picking up where he left off before a four-week suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances. Bowe wouldn't answer reporters' questions after the workout, instead saying that he'd have something to say after Kansas City's home finale Sunday against Cleveland. Coach Todd Haley said that Bowe, who reported to the team's offseason conditioning program last spring about 30 pounds over his target weight, maintained his fitness during his four weeks away from Chiefs headquarters. Haley said he spoke with Bowe before the suspension but the team couldn't be in"
Bowe's back with Chiefs after suspension
December 15
Kansas City Star
 
"The last time he played for the Chiefs before his four-week NFL suspension, Dwayne Bowe had one of his best games of the season, catching six passes in a win over the Raiders. The Chiefs welcomed Bowe back Monday and are eager to get him back in the lineup for this weekend's game against Cleveland at Arrowhead Stadium. They aren't necessarily expecting him to pick up where he left off. "It's unreasonable to expect him to come in and play as good or better as he was before he left," wide receiver Bobby Wade said. "The hardest thing about missing games during the season is the speed of the game. It's going to be a challenge for him to play within his own realm and make the plays that come to"
Bowe a victim of the win-at-all-costs pressure
November 22
Kansas City Star
 columnist Jason Whitlock
"This column is not intended as a rationalization of Dwayne Bowe's mistake relating to performance-enhancing drugs. Nor is it intended to be a demonization of Chiefs head coach Todd Haley. My perspective on the world is colored by my football-playing experience and my belief that most of the media tend to see the sports world from the perspective of coaches and executives. As members of the media, we get more access to coaches and executives than we do the athletes. The typical sports columnist or broadcaster is closer in age to the head coach or general manager/athletics director than the athletes. The most surprising thing about Bowe's suspension for using a PED is that he is the only"
Passing game must adjust to life without Bowe
November 19
Kansas City Star
 
"Assembling a successful offensive game plan for the struggling Chiefs was going to be difficult enough for Sunday's game against the Steelers. Todd Haley's task has become harder now that he's preparing the Chiefs to play Pittsburgh without leading receiver Dwayne Bowe, who was suspended by the NFL for four games for violation of the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. The Chiefs last week lost their leading rusher when they released Larry Johnson. They were able to find a way to beat the Raiders 16-10 with Jamaal Charles rushing for more than 100 yards. But Bowe was their leading receiver in Oakland, with six catches and 91 yards. The Steelers are also quite a bit more"
Bowe suspended for violating NFL policy on performance-enhancing drugs
November 18
Kansas City Star
 
"They were smiling in the locker room, and that has been an unusual thing to see after Chiefs games this season. The Chiefs had won their second game of 2009, and their wide receivers had as much to do with it as anyone. On one side of the visitors locker room at Oakland Coliseum, third-year wide receiver Dwayne Bowe put on a hat, slipped on a pair of noise-canceling headphones and left. On the opposite side of the room, Chris Chambers discussed what it meant to be part of a win, part of an improving wideouts unit, and part of a reliable tandem alongside Bowe. Chambers said that Bowe has plenty of potential. But… "He's young," Chambers said. "He's got some growing up to do." That became"
Chiefs' Bowe suspended four games by NFL
November 17
Kansas City Star
 
"Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe has been suspended four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances. League spokesman Corry Rush announced the suspension in an e-mail, and the Chiefs have acknowledged Bowe's suspension. In a news release, the Chiefs said Bowe’s suspension will begin immediately. "As a result of the league suspension, the team will have no further comment," the Chiefs' news release said."
Bowe, Chambers give Chiefs some stability at receiver
November 16
Kansas City Star
 
"Dwayne Bowe joked about the old man in the corner, and Chris Chambers wondered aloud whether he could learn a thing or two from the student. "He doesn't listen to me," Bowe said with a laugh. As the most inconsistent and frequently upgraded position group inches toward noticeable rhythm, the two Chiefs receivers are benefiting from the other's presence. Bowe finally has a wingman, and Chambers has a receiver who relieves pressure while he proves he still belongs. Bowe, the young receiver, was immature. Bullied by coach Todd Haley. Miles from his potential. Chambers, the old guy, was given up on by San Diego. He's 31. That's ancient in his universe. Now they've landed in the same"
Bowe continues to be a work in progress
November 6
Kansas City Star
 
"Their personalities clashed at first, and they can admit that now. Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe can admit this too: It was a fight he was never going to win. Bowe said this week that his first months as coach Todd Haley's whipping boy were humbling, demeaning, confusing and … "Interesting," he said. "Very, very interesting." Bowe smiled. "Now it's better," he said. Bowe entered this season as an overconfident, unreliable and supremely talented receiver. Haley approached Bowe and, perhaps for the first time in his career, forced him to forget the show and just catch the ball. That wasn't easy. Bowe likes to put on a show. "One of the first things I said to Dwayne was: 'Don't give me your"
Injuries don't help Chiefs' chances
September 28
Kansas City Star
 
"The Chiefs needed all the help they could get Sunday against the Eagles, and it didn't help that wide receiver Dwayne Bowe and inside linebacker Derrick Johnson were inactive. Both were listed as questionable Friday, after the Chiefs' final practice before traveling to Philadelphia. Bowe had an injured hamstring, and Johnson said he strained his groin. Johnson had told reporters that he wouldn't play against the Eagles, but Bowe's absence was more of a surprise. Mark Bradley started in place of Bowe and caught a touchdown pass from Matt Cassel. Bradley also completed a 26-yard pass to running back Jamaal Charles on a trick play."