Chiefs Were Aware Cris Carter, Michael Irvin Would Give Dwayne Bowe Some "Tough Love"

Apparently, the Chiefs knew Bowe would be here talking to Irvin and Carter.

I think lately Bowe has needed to get approval before he talks to anyone.

Best hands in the history of the game

I didn’t catch that.

I take this as a good sign. If the Chiefs had given up Bowe, or thought he didn’t have what it takes to be great, they wouldn’t have bothered talking with Carter.

If he doesn’t show some accountability this year they will give up on him.

and whether his absence was because he just didn’t want to work that hard.

I want to see what he does on the field when it counts.

I take it as a good thing that Bowe took some time off, and now, 3 Weeks before camp, is going to a very hard training environment, because he realizes he needs to be in tip top shape before camp starts. He is saying he wants to duplicate what Sidney Rice did last year. I see no way that that’s a bad thing, and I think too many Chief fans are now jumping on Bowe for ANYTHING, much like they did LJ over the years, whether it was deserved or not.

“You can tell [the potential impact] by the production that Sidney Rice had last year,” Bowe added. “I know he had Brett Favre but still. I talked to him a week ago and he told me they competed and it made him [better] and he went to the Pro Bowl. Now I think it’s my turn to take over.”

We have no idea what Bowe’s definition of not working out for 12 days is. We should be happy that he took advantage of Larry’s invitation and is at this camp. It shows that he is dedicated to do extra work besides just the mandatory training camp.

Shocker! Can’t teach him how to have a love for the game like Carter and Irvin(like em or love em they left everything on that field) to have that hall of fame career success.

Bowe said he is casual friends with Fitzgerald but he accepted his invitation to join because of the good things he’s heard from other players, including Rice. He also wanted an opportunity to get one-on-one instruction from Carter and Irvin.

I think that could have cleared up a lot of the confusion and instantaneous Bowe hating that came from a lot of us.

I’ve talked about this before, but those of you who say you are “done with Bowe” need not worry, b/c in my humble opinion, he won’t be on the roster in 2011, no matter what he does or doesn’t do in 2010 on or off the field.

So giving Bowe a 2nd thought past what he does or says this season would be wasted energy. We can only hope he gives us one last good season, with minimal dropped passes, and acts like a professional at all times so we can keep him on the field.

will be shown on the field. I don’t know any pro football players so I have no frame of reference to be able to judge if 12 days in the off season without a workout is alot or a little. Bowe has no excuses. He knows who the coaches are and what their expectations are. I have seen him make timing pattern catches like a seasoned pro and drop passes that a third grader could make. He is truly enigmatic in the way he approaches the game. I am in the camp that he has always been talented enough that he didn’t have to bust a gut to be better than average. That is all different now. He takes the field with the best athelets that play the game at the absolute highest level there is. He has to invest himself to be better than the average and I don’t know if he has that in him. He may have convinced himself that he’s just that good no matter what happens on the field because he plays for a losing organization. It’s a real easy excuse to use.

I hope that his presence at the training camp is a positive sign. It is just too hard to tell at this point. Since the importing debacle, he has been saying a lot of the right things. I just hope he means it.

If you listen to the things that come out of Bowe’s mouth, it is easy to assume there is no cure for his brand of stupid and the Chiefs would be better off cutting their losses and shopping him for a draft pick. However, if you just look at the fact that, for the first time in his career he has attended a camp full of highly motivated, high talent players who are not content to be told how great they are—or how much “potential” they have—then hope for his improvement is possible. I’d have been happier if he’d arrived at the camp the first day, but the fact that Chiefs management had a conversation with Chris Carter about him is very encouraging. Bowe appears to be someone who needs a personal motivator, in addition to those the rest of the team already has, and Carter likes to reach out to younger players who are struggling (kind of paying forward the break he got after nearly destroying his own career). So back off Bob Gretz. Your hard-on for Bowe is getting a little out of hand.