Based on the fact that he's used to playing LT over RT. And he has a year of experience under his belt. That and I'm stoned and in an optimistic mood at the moment. I might be calling him an AIDS tree bust piece of diarrhea dog shit after tomorrow. :p

I agree and think we'll be pretty good. I'm thinking 9-7.

It's one thing for a schedule to get easier than it looks.

It's another to expect 6 of the top 8 teams from last year to all go to $#it...

Health. Back at LT. When we drafted him, they said Joeckel was more NFL ready, but Fisher had more potential to grow to be a better player.

Being healthy is a huge issue for him.

He's not "back" at LT. He's never played LT in the NFL.

No, Joeckel was more NFL ready and Fisher was more physically talented.

That physical talent (read: good combine) was why some thought his upside would be bigger...

As a matter of fact, only three teams were in the top ten in points scored on defense, special teams, and offense:

Denver
Dallas
Chicago

And KC was #11 and was the #1 scoring defense and #1 scoring ST.

The fact that we scored more touchdowns on defense and special teams than anyone else in the league and were STILL one spot away from a top ten offense is ****ing amazing.

All of this is on spot.

FYP

I missed your musk.

Teicher watches camp everyday, and remarked Bowe hasn't looked all that great. Coming off a sub-par season, that is a concerning, even coming from Teicher, because in all probability he doesn't form his opinion independently from all the chatter at camp. Does it mean Bowe is finished? No. But the idea that we shouldn't be concerned because Bowe is unquestionably a stud is asinine, in my opinion.

let's freakin' hope so

The hope is Bowe will be sharper with his routes like the playoff game.

I feel he got into the habit of doing those sloppy routes and playing patty-cake with DBs and trying those 1-arm body-catches because he had to prepare to fight for a pass that was not gonna be on point.

KC has mostly sucked. Losing and DBs were ready for the pass so they could wait for Bowe to come to them in soft coverage.
In his early years a lot more of his yards were in the 2nd half. He was probably not running a lot of the short west-coast timing routes. A catch and tackle as the DB could stand back and watch the QB wouldn't do a lot of good down in the 2nd half.
It was probably a lot of stuff where he had to fight for the ball as the CB was waiting for him at the marker.

I hope he proves me wrong but my gut is telling me he won't. He is going to have to play the best he has ever played in his life to get 1,000 yards. There are so many good corners lining up across from him this year. He will need some luck. Maybe some of those guys will get hurt?

Reid's system is predicated on precise route running and timing. Two things that Dwayne Bowe has never really exemplified. (Remember that Bowe didn't start playing football until his junior year of high school and was simply overpowering people with size and athleticism his entire career. His technique and skills as a wide receiver are, and always have been, lacking when compared to other highly paid receivers such as Fitzgerald, Bryant, Johnson, etc.)

Bowe is a "chuck it up dawg!" type of receiver and that's not what ultimately works in this system and with this QB. When asked to run routes, he's consistently beat by defensive backs, even those who are substantially smaller than himself.

It's why he put up better numbers with worse QB's as he was allowed to simply freelance downfield. That won't happen with Reid and it definitely showed last season. (Add to that that he was downright horrible in terms of conditioning.)

It's just one more thing to consider when looking at the 2014 Draft, which was considered to be the best WR draft since 1996. They (Dorsey/Reid) knew Bowe was a bad fit along with having a very lackluster receiving corps behind him, but they still didn't take a single receiver in the draft and only signed Albert Wilson as an UDFA.

As it stands, Dwayne Bowe is the most overrated and overpaid WR in the NFL. If he can't pick up the offense and secure his routes and timing, he's simply a glorified second level fullback.

Either he produces or the Chiefs are going to take a beating on his salary as it equates to his production/performance until 2016, when they can effectively cut him. Either than or trade him, but no one is taking on his salary at this point.

Bottom line: He's got to produce. Otherwise, he's the albatross around Dorsey's neck.

Bottom line, **** Dwayne Bowe, amirite guys?