Bowe suspended 1 game
 

Per Teichner

Per ESPN as well...

Smiths fault /PFF stat revisionist history experts.

Not bad for weed. Could have been 4 if he failed a test.

What an idiot.

Can we designate it for the super bowl?

So 1 game suspension for hitting the pipe and 2 games for hitting your wife. Seems fair

I would imagine he got suspended under the conduct policy rather than the drug policy. If he had actually tested positive, he most likely would have gotten 4 games.

Alex Smith wouldn't tell him where Sonic was

So we agree.

LOL

:eek::hmmm::eek::hmmm::eek::hmmm::eek::hmmm::eek::hmmm::eek::hmmm::eek::hmmm:

I wonder if Bowe lost that weight simply by not smoking dope and eating Doritos at 3:00am.

We pretty much already knew this would happen

A million crusty old white dudes just called him a knucklehead then pounded twelve PBRs and drove home.

Thank god he didn't knock his girlfriend the **** out.

Beer is legal! Moran!

Yup, his suspension would have been doubled!

Does a suspension help cap space? I am sure Bowe makes $500,000 per game. I am asking this question because I really don't know if suspensions help space.

Ice Cream FTMFW!!!

It goes to a mix of NFL charities and players association trust, unless that's changed in recent years. I don't believe it effects the cap.

lol. exactly

He need to stop hanging around with that rapper mingo or whatever his name is.

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GTFO!!! Most of us downed a few more high-end drinks and had our limos drive us home... Get the program man, we're all crazy rich!

The Kansas City Chiefs have a more pressing issue with Dwayne Bowe than a finger that has been dislocated "about 15 times."

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports, via two sources informed of the imminent suspension, the veteran wide receiver will be banned from the season opener after violating the NFL policy and program on substances of abuse.

The one-game suspension is in response to a November arrest for marijuana possession that was eventually bargained down to lesser charges of defective equipment and littering.

"I am extremely sorry that I can't be on the field for the first game of the 2014 season because I made an error in judgment," Bowe said Friday in a statement released by the team. "I take responsibility for my mistake, and it will not happen again. I hope that my teammates, coaches, and Chiefs fans accept my sincere apology. I will be supporting my teammates in week one, and I cannot wait to get back on the field to help us win in week two and beyond as we work towards our goal of winning the Super Bowl."

"We are disappointed in the situation and will miss him on the field, but we support the league's decision," the team said in its own statement.

Bowe was previously suspended four games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances in 2009.

The suspension presents an intriguing option for the Chiefs front office. Bowe's base salary for 2015 remains $10.75 million, but it's no longer guaranteed, per Rapoport.

There's a strong argument to be made that Bowe is currently the NFL's most overpaid wide receiver. Moving like a tight end in 2013, he didn't put Kansas City at a competitive advantage on a weekly basis. Come next offseason, the team's brain trust might decide that his salary is a competitive disadvantage.

With Bowe out of the lineup versus the Titans, in the meantime, Junior Hemingway is the top candidate to join Donnie Avery in the starting lineup.

Keep an eye on undrafted rookie Albert Wilson, a playmaker out of Georgia State who has impressed in training camp as well as the preseason opener.

Alternatively, coach Andy Reid could opt for more two-tight-end sets, with breakout candidate Travis Kelce playing increased snaps.

Either way, the Chiefs will continue to lean heavily on Jamaal Charles to carry the offense.

And so it begins...

Dwayne Bong

This. One game. BFD.

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Just more time for his finger to heal.

Good thing the Titans suck.

Is there any subject you can't find a way to bring race into?

If true this is a very good thing.

I'm a Bowe supporter but this is ****ing great. Gives us a ton more flexibility in the future..

Expensive weed.

Guys, now AJ Jenkins will finally have his opportunity to break out.

How? We have no WR's as it is.

not really imo

we didn't address the WR position this year so we aren't cutting him this year 8.5 million guarantee or not.

Next year it's only 1.5 million, not enough money to determine whether we keep him or not.

:shrug:

Because if he has another shitty season we can cut his ass and free up more cap space for someone else.

****ING SWEET! I was hoping for that. I knew there had to be a clause in there.

It's not as bad as people make out imo. We will know soon.

cut him

Even if we keep Bowe, this is still a good thing.

Like I said, it's about freedom and flexibility.

Holy shit. Houston come on down! Your contract is ready.

Are you insane!

At what point will it become cool to call him Dwayne Blowe?

Is that a question? Then it should be "Are you insane?"

Otherwise, it should have been written as "You are insane!"

Carry on.

Great. Now I have to wait until the Denver game to see if Bowe's playoff numbers were a fluke. Time to get the Kelce/Fasano show going. Of course, They can throw to JC 40 times, too.

So one game for "defective equipment"

And 2 games for knocking your wife out and dragging her onto an elevator."

makes sense

Who's Moran? Bugsy?

Haha unless I'm missing the sarcasm you can't be serious.

Goodell just figured Ray Rice is a better blocker than Bowe. He's never actually seen Bowe take ANYBODY out.

Hopefully he doesn't spend his week off in Colorado "healing his finger".

I see your point but it was probably the weed that drew the flag...

That's a great question. You cracker ass honkeys sure do ask great questions!

Hey look, Now people will REALLY have a reason to bitch at alex for not throwing to BOWE

THIS IS GREAT NEWS!

We can cut Bowe and bring in some pedestrian cheap WRs since Alex will not make use of them anyway. Great news!

Sign Maclin next spring, draft Stephon Diggs, keep Bowe.

After 2015 is over cut Bowe, draft another WR high.

That seems awfully far-fetched.

No chance they cut him this year. But if I'm reading Terez right, cutting him next year frees up just under $10M. A big season would certainly help his cause.

Dwayne Bowl FTW!!

Either way he was cuttable after this season.

The weed that he was Not charged with?

Unless he blew a piss test that I don't remember hearing about? :hmmm:

Surprised he didn't fight it-pretty much bullshit compared to Rice's deal.

Bowe plead to Defective Equipment-Not Possession of a controlled substance.

I am not even sure how having a pot smell in your car ends up being D.E. plea deal-but that is what he was convicted of.

Defective Judgement should have been the charge.

No shit.

You don't have to be convicted of anything and he probably admitted it to the league.

I just read that. If it happens...talk about a costly arrest.

If he loses his unpaid guaranteed money because of this, his agent is a moron for allowing him to plea.

Rice wasn't convicted either. Everyone knows he beat that woman all the same. That's kinda my point...

Bowe and the word smart haven't been used a ton in the same sentence.

Oh, I know, but the legal sanctions are nothing compared to the potential financial costs. His agent should have known better, unless he has that clause waived in his contract.

You absolutely cut him after this season with that contract and him being on the wrong side of 30.

Not saying we should lose Bowe...

...but if it means we can re-sign everyone and still have some left over for FA signings, coupled with our ~12 draft picks... got to at least look at it.

Bowe is basically playing for his next contract this year. Pretty good deal.

Chances are his agent told him that, hence his motivation for losing weight, etc...

The way I read the PFT article, they are suggesting he's gone right after week 1 this year.

Could happen, probably won't happen unless they plan to use the $ immediately on Smith and Houston.

Who knows more about this? Is he more tradable this way?

Wow, talk about luck on the Chiefs part and terrible, terrible judgement on Bowe's part.

The only thing that made the contract a bad one for the Chiefs was the guaranteed base salary and if Bowe's behavior voids the guarantee...well :facepalm: