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FloridaMan88 · 01-01-2014, 08:31 PM

Dwayne Bowe wants to make big-time plays in big-time game

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/01...-make-big.html

BY RANDY COVITZ
The Kansas City Star

Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe knows there’s a difference between making catches and making plays.

Bowe has caught 57 passes this season but has produced few of the signature or game-altering plays that have distinguished his seven seasons as the second-leading receiver in franchise history.

He knows it. His coaches know it. And they all realize Bowe is going to have to make an impact Saturday for the Chiefs to defeat Indianapolis in an opening-round AFC playoff game.

“Your game-changer type players have to show up and make those plays,” offensive coordinator Doug Pederson said.

Bowe, who signed a five-year-contract extension worth up to $56 million last spring and predicted he’d lead the league in receiving, failed to lead the Chiefs in receiving for the first time in five years.

That honor went to running back Jamaal Charles, who caught 70 passes for a team-leading 693 yards and seven touchdowns.

But Charles, called “Public Enemy No. 1” by Colts coach Chuck Pagano, will be a marked man in Indianapolis. So someone else may need to make the big plays on offense.

“I’m ready to go,” Bowe said Wednesday. “Games like this … big-time players make big-time plays, and these are games I mostly show up in … everything on the line, and great preparation all week. It’s win or go home …”

Actually, Bowe was held without a catch in his only postseason appearance, the Chiefs’ 30-7 loss to Baltimore in 2010. The Chiefs had the ball for only 18 minutes, 16 seconds and attempted just 18 passes.

Bowe figures to be targeted early and often against the Colts, as he was two weeks ago when he was targeted 10 times in the Chiefs’ 23-7 loss at Arrowhead Stadium. Bowe caught a pass for nine yards on the first play and drew a pass interference call on the second.

In all, Bowe caught five passes for 46 yards against the Colts and suffered what turned out to be a mild concussion in the fourth quarter when he was struck in the head/neck area by Indianapolis safety LaRon Landry.

Landry, a former college teammate of Bowe’s at LSU, where they were both first-round draft picks in 2007, was called for a personal foul. Bowe left the game, returned for another play, and even practiced last Tuesday before complaining of concussion-like symptoms.

He was held out of last Sunday’s game at San Diego, like most of the other starters, and returned to practice this week.

“I’m fine,” Bowe said. “I had a little minor headache. It was nothing big. Coach was going to rest me anyway. I had time to rest and recover and be fresh for this game.”

The injury didn’t frighten Bowe, even in this day of concussion awareness.

“I didn’t look at like that because I didn’t feel as bad as others felt who had concussions,” Bowe said. “I felt a little tired. There wasn’t any dizziness or problems with vomit … or none of that stuff. It was mainly just fatigue.”

Nor did Bowe harbor any resentment to Landry.

“He was just playing football,” Bowe said. “I talked to him after the game. It wasn’t a dirty hit or anything like that. I was going down, and he was going down. … it’s football. Things like that happen. It wasn’t a vicious or bad hit.”

Bowe, 6 feet 2 and 221 pounds, should enjoy matchup advantages over the Colts’ smaller corners, Vontae Davis, who is 5-11, 204; Greg Toler, 6-0, 190; and Josh Gordy, 5-11, 196.

“The one thing Dwayne is really doing really well right now is utilizing his size and strength, and it’s creating some space for him,” Pederson said. “We want to, get him going, get his hands on the ball as early as we can, because you know somewhere in the second half, he is going to make that clutch play and you have confidence going back to him.”

Bowe, a Pro Bowler in 2010, has accepted his role of doing a lot of the dirty work of running routes that clear space for Charles and blocking downfield on the screens that have worked so well for the Chiefs.

“Everybody has their year … and I’m just proud to be part of a team,” Bowe said. “We have a lot of guys playing the role I had previously in my career. Being an all-around receiver both blocking and receiving … to see those guys prosper … I feel good and happy to be their teammate.”

Some might interpret that as Bowe, 29, admitting he has lost a step and his ability to create separation from defensive backs. Don’t believe it.

“I still got it,” Bowe said. “I’m showing it each and every day in practice. The coaches know I got it. I’m setting up a lot of great things for the offense you see we’re doing right now.”

Stalker · 01-03-2014, 05:24 AM

We all know you can make big plays, so just ****ing make them would you and shut the **** up

McBeard · 01-03-2014, 07:18 AM

Bowe is done. He's not making plays anymore and that's all he really ever had. He doesn't run good routes, he doesn't get open, he can't catch, and he doesn't draw double coverage. We aren't going to force the ball to him this week. We tried that last time against Indy and he let us down. He's not going to have a chance to make plays unless he breaks some tackles and makes it happen on his own. We cannot count on Bowe anymore.

I agree with those who think it's time to move on. You know he has got to be on Dorsey's shit list. He won't be able to trade him or cut him because of his contract. The best we can hope for is that he gets convicted when he goes to court. If that happens we might be able to opt out of the contract and I really think Dorsey would do it.

I'm surprised no one posted Mellinger's article from yesterday where he completely called Bowe out for his comments.

**notorious** · 01-03-2014, 07:25 AM

We have fans that want to force the ball to a covered receiver and risk a turnover?

Lawdy. That is exactly what our previous shit QBs did to get Bowe the ball.

McBeard · 01-03-2014, 07:32 AM

and where did that get us? I'll take the new offense over the old one every day of the week. Bowe has lost a step. He's not the same player he used to be.

KCUnited · 01-03-2014, 07:49 AM

McBlack Bob y'all.

**ptlyon** · 01-03-2014, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Stalker

We all know you can make big plays, so just ****ing make them would you and shut the **** up

This. So much this.

McBeard · 01-03-2014, 08:23 AM

Did anyone read Mellinger's article about how he's never shown up in big time games in college or pro? He really called him out. If we lose and Bowe doesn't show up after those comments the media will be all over him.

**Ragged Robin** · 01-03-2014, 08:06 PM

Bowe gets completely ripped on NFLN for being lazy and dropping balls on NFLN:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...Chiefs-offense

**Rain Man** · 01-03-2014, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

Bowe gets completely ripped on NFLN for being lazy and dropping balls on NFLN:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...Chiefs-offense

I was just watching that. Bowe must have imported Sterling Sharpe's wife at some point.

Deberg_1990 · 01-03-2014, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by McBeard

Did anyone read Mellinger's article about how he's never shown up in big time games in college or pro? He really called him out. If we lose and Bowe doesn't show up after those comments the media will be all over him.

Mellinger unloads

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/02...ows-up-in.html

I like Dwayne Bowe. Really, I do. I like that he plays with energy, with joy, and that he’s played on bad teams for most of his career but never complained, never shown up his (almost always bad) quarterbacks.

He has some rough edges, sure, including that arrest for small marijuana possession in November, but mostly his problems have been of stupidity, not malice. He’s a beloved teammate, and that matters.

I just want to point something out.

What he said the other day is b.s.:

"Games like this … big-time players make big-time plays, and these are games I mostly show up in."

Again, I like Dwayne. And part of why he hasn’t shown up in big games is because the Chiefs haven’t been good enough to give him many big games to show up in. This is only the second winning season, and second playoff game since Bowe was drafted in 2007.

But in the only playoff game of his career, Bowe didn’t even draw a target.

Plus, all this season, the Chiefs have needed a playmaker to take some pressure and hits off Jamaal Charles, and Bowe has been mostly crickets. He went for 57, 51 and 56 yards during the Chiefs’ three-game losing streak. Bowe signed a big contract before the season, and the Chiefs have needed vastly more from their receivers, and Bowe has had the worst full season of his career.

Statistically, his best game was either at Buffalo (season-high seven catches for 67 yards) or at Washington (four catches for a season-high 70 yards and a touchdown), and nobody’s confusing either with a big game for the Chiefs.

In the abyss that was the 2012 season, Bowe’s only 100-yard games and the only touchdowns he caught were in an 18-point loss at Buffalo (perhaps remembered best for Bowe celebrating a meaningless fourth quarter touchdown by pointing to the name on the back of his jersey) and a 17-point loss to the Chargers.

Now, to be fair, Bowe had a spectacular season in 2010 when the Chiefs won the division: 72 catches, 1,162 yards, and an NFL-best 15 touchdown receptions.

But it’s also true that his three biggest games that year (a total of 32 catches, 509 yards and six touchdowns) were in blowout wins over the Seahawks and Titans, and a blowout loss to the Broncos, before not even showing up in the box score of the playoff game.

Bowe can change a lot of this on Saturday, of course. This is how the playoffs work.

This is, like he says, a "big-time game." And he can show himself to be a "big-time player."

But so far in his career, this is not the type of game he mostly shows up in.

Red Dawg · 01-03-2014, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by McBeard

Bowe is done. He's not making plays anymore and that's all he really ever had. He doesn't run good routes, he doesn't get open, he can't catch, and he doesn't draw double coverage. We aren't going to force the ball to him this week. We tried that last time against Indy and he let us down. He's not going to have a chance to make plays unless he breaks some tackles and makes it happen on his own. We cannot count on Bowe anymore.

I agree with those who think it's time to move on. You know he has got to be on Dorsey's shit list. He won't be able to trade him or cut him because of his contract. The best we can hope for is that he gets convicted when he goes to court. If that happens we might be able to opt out of the contract and I really think Dorsey would do it.

I'm surprised no one posted Mellinger's article from yesterday where he completely called Bowe out for his comments.

We will not just eat his contract. Dorsey will fix our Wr's Packer style but Bowe will be here probably two more seasons. Hopefully he will change his mind and feel like working hard to be great. Dorsey has already been turning over rocks all season to find speed and talent. Not much he could during the season but he has been looking. Bowe just is not a game breaker. He has produced very few 30 or 40 yard TD's for a guy that paid like he is elite.

**BigMeatballDave** · 01-04-2014, 04:07 PM

Eat shit, haters.

TripleThreat · 01-04-2014, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BCD

Eat shit, haters.

THaA Tt TAT DONT KILL ME CaN only Make me stronger

KChiefs1 · 01-04-2014, 04:11 PM

Too bad he has cement in his shoes.

ToxSocks · 01-04-2014, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Too bad he has cement in his shoes.

Haters gonna hate

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FloridaMan88 Mahomes: We Are All Witnesses Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Miami, FL Casino cash: $-837094	Dwayne Bowe wants to make big-time plays in big-time games Dwayne Bowe wants to make big-time plays in big-time game http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/01...-make-big.html BY RANDY COVITZ The Kansas City Star Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe knows there’s a difference between making catches and making plays. Bowe has caught 57 passes this season but has produced few of the signature or game-altering plays that have distinguished his seven seasons as the second-leading receiver in franchise history. He knows it. His coaches know it. And they all realize Bowe is going to have to make an impact Saturday for the Chiefs to defeat Indianapolis in an opening-round AFC playoff game. “Your game-changer type players have to show up and make those plays,” offensive coordinator Doug Pederson said. Bowe, who signed a five-year-contract extension worth up to $56 million last spring and predicted he’d lead the league in receiving, failed to lead the Chiefs in receiving for the first time in five years. That honor went to running back Jamaal Charles, who caught 70 passes for a team-leading 693 yards and seven touchdowns. But Charles, called “Public Enemy No. 1” by Colts coach Chuck Pagano, will be a marked man in Indianapolis. So someone else may need to make the big plays on offense. “I’m ready to go,” Bowe said Wednesday. “Games like this … big-time players make big-time plays, and these are games I mostly show up in … everything on the line, and great preparation all week. It’s win or go home …” Actually, Bowe was held without a catch in his only postseason appearance, the Chiefs’ 30-7 loss to Baltimore in 2010. The Chiefs had the ball for only 18 minutes, 16 seconds and attempted just 18 passes. Bowe figures to be targeted early and often against the Colts, as he was two weeks ago when he was targeted 10 times in the Chiefs’ 23-7 loss at Arrowhead Stadium. Bowe caught a pass for nine yards on the first play and drew a pass interference call on the second. In all, Bowe caught five passes for 46 yards against the Colts and suffered what turned out to be a mild concussion in the fourth quarter when he was struck in the head/neck area by Indianapolis safety LaRon Landry. Landry, a former college teammate of Bowe’s at LSU, where they were both first-round draft picks in 2007, was called for a personal foul. Bowe left the game, returned for another play, and even practiced last Tuesday before complaining of concussion-like symptoms. He was held out of last Sunday’s game at San Diego, like most of the other starters, and returned to practice this week. “I’m fine,” Bowe said. “I had a little minor headache. It was nothing big. Coach was going to rest me anyway. I had time to rest and recover and be fresh for this game.” The injury didn’t frighten Bowe, even in this day of concussion awareness. “I didn’t look at like that because I didn’t feel as bad as others felt who had concussions,” Bowe said. “I felt a little tired. There wasn’t any dizziness or problems with vomit … or none of that stuff. It was mainly just fatigue.” Nor did Bowe harbor any resentment to Landry. “He was just playing football,” Bowe said. “I talked to him after the game. It wasn’t a dirty hit or anything like that. I was going down, and he was going down. … it’s football. Things like that happen. It wasn’t a vicious or bad hit.” Bowe, 6 feet 2 and 221 pounds, should enjoy matchup advantages over the Colts’ smaller corners, Vontae Davis, who is 5-11, 204; Greg Toler, 6-0, 190; and Josh Gordy, 5-11, 196. “The one thing Dwayne is really doing really well right now is utilizing his size and strength, and it’s creating some space for him,” Pederson said. “We want to, get him going, get his hands on the ball as early as we can, because you know somewhere in the second half, he is going to make that clutch play and you have confidence going back to him.” Bowe, a Pro Bowler in 2010, has accepted his role of doing a lot of the dirty work of running routes that clear space for Charles and blocking downfield on the screens that have worked so well for the Chiefs. “Everybody has their year … and I’m just proud to be part of a team,” Bowe said. “We have a lot of guys playing the role I had previously in my career. Being an all-around receiver both blocking and receiving … to see those guys prosper … I feel good and happy to be their teammate.” Some might interpret that as Bowe, 29, admitting he has lost a step and his ability to create separation from defensive backs. Don’t believe it. “I still got it,” Bowe said. “I’m showing it each and every day in practice. The coaches know I got it. I’m setting up a lot of great things for the offense you see we’re doing right now.”
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McBeard Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Casino cash: $10004900	Bowe is done. He's not making plays anymore and that's all he really ever had. He doesn't run good routes, he doesn't get open, he can't catch, and he doesn't draw double coverage. We aren't going to force the ball to him this week. We tried that last time against Indy and he let us down. He's not going to have a chance to make plays unless he breaks some tackles and makes it happen on his own. We cannot count on Bowe anymore. I agree with those who think it's time to move on. You know he has got to be on Dorsey's shit list. He won't be able to trade him or cut him because of his contract. The best we can hope for is that he gets convicted when he goes to court. If that happens we might be able to opt out of the contract and I really think Dorsey would do it. I'm surprised no one posted Mellinger's article from yesterday where he completely called Bowe out for his comments.
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