Excuses over...trade or cut him

Yep.

Also, from this season alone, off the top of my head, he scored the go-ahead TD against Dallas for the lead we never relinquished and hauled in a tough pass for what should have been the game-winner against San Diego @ KC.

:facepalm:

Bowe has not looked good this year. That doesn't change the fact that he's still the best WR on our team. If the Colts commit to taking Charles away in the passing game, then we need Bowe to have this sort of confidence/want-to attitude and step up.

He's under-performed on the year. He's also on the whole over-performed for his career with shitty teams and QB's.

Smith has been much better about this in the second half of the season, but he never tried to develop a rapport with Bowe because he wasn't wide open by a couple of yards in the first half of the year. There still isn't any chemistry there, and that just plain sucks.

Todd Haley as WR coach would be the perfect remedy to save Bowe's career and blowtorch a fire under his lazy ass.

It will never happen, but that would the solution IMO.

Um, Bowe caught 86 the year before Haley.

I don't Smith think will ever develop a rapport with Bowe. Smith isn't comfortable trusting his receivers to make the play, and Bowe isn't a receiver that frequently gets the degree of open that Smith is looking for.

Yeah, you could be right about this.

If so, that would be pretty awful.

Tony Gonzalez presence helped with that.

I like Bowe, but i can remember more BIG DROPS in kinda big games than i can remember big catches. I can't forget the 4th quarter drop at Oakland in 2010 that ices the game if he makes it. He didn't. Chiefs lose....SHOW me Bowe, just dont talk about it. Do it!

Totally agree with this. Bowe is a jump ball guy. Smith needs WR like we had during the Vermeil years.

He hasn't earned Smith's trust so it is a moot point now. Chin music to stroke his own ego.

So did Snoop Minnis.

Man the idiots are out.

Same here, Bowe probably isn't in the teams long term plans because of it... but as Pablo mentions, the Colts WILL commit to stopping JC and we WILL need some plays from Bowe, no doubt about it.

Smith is just going to have use what he's got for right now, comfort level or not... he'll still spread the ball to 6-8 guys like he's done all year, but Bowe needs a few big timer targets and grabs.