Hello, Dwayne
Bowe, your team needs you!
The hamstring injury to Eddie Kennison does not look good (hamstring injuries are not kind to 34 year old receivers). It means Dwayne Bowe has to become a veteran in a hurry.
Initially, I thought Bowe could ease into the role of "go-to" receiver, but not anymore. Bowe missed 22 practice sessions at training camp with his contract negotiation and those precious practice sessions cannot be replaced. Yet, D-Bowe now has to realize that the guaranteed money he was given is NOT FOR work done at LSU, but for promised performance in the days ahead.
The Chiefs threw Bowe's way seven times in the Texan game. He caught three. He needs to learn the precision of the NFL game and the physical nature of the same. He's going to get hit, throws are not going to be perfect and it's not Play Station 3. It's reality football and it's here.
This week Bowe faces arguably the most physical defensive back seven in the NFL in the Chicago Bears. Every fan knows about Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs, but the Bears secondary hits and hits hard. They play with black and blue jerseys in a black and blue division. It's time to take a hit and hang on to the ball.
Bowe has seen his prototype, he plays for the Houston Texans. Andre Johnson is the most complete receiver in the NFL. His 77 yard post pattern for a touchdown against the Chiefs was a thing of beauty, so were his other 6 catches. Many of those throws were in traffic and were not perfect throws by Matt Schaub. Johnson's rookie year was 2003 and he had 7 catches in his first game, five in his second and 7 in his third. He ended with 66 catches his rookie year. Both D-Bowe and AJ grew up in Miami... lets hope D-Bowe can grow up to AJ in the NFL... in a hurry!
