Bowe Gone, Does it Matter?

Dwayne Bowe, a good receiver on a bad team. Dwayne Bowe, a good receiver having an alright season thus far. Dwayne Bowe, a good receiver that is now out for four games. Yup, Bowe was caught having used a banned substance by the league back in training camp. The specifics have not been released, as to whether or not it was steroids or some sort of diuretic masking agent.

Bowe at least took the lead, and did something that is somewhat respectable if he did in fact cheat, and is not appealing the suspension. Though he did state that it is because this is a battle that players do not win, so I guess I will give him half of the credit. Adam Schefter is reporting that he was doing it in order to try and lose some weight, which is plausible, though the NFL is not saying anything. I do not know if that is the truth, and honestly I do not care. I do not know how much weight he really needed to lose though.

The real question is does it matter? Sure to fantasy football owners it means something, where Bowe was a reasonable draft pick, but he found himself out of the top 30 in terms of the top point getters by receivers. So he was not really doing much in that regard.

He has not even really showed up that much this year, with a majority of his yards coming in only four games. Though to give credit where credit is due, he did lead the team in receiving in their two wins this year. That is where it comes up again though, why does this matter? The Chiefs find themselves 2-7 and not really looking any better, despite their win this past week, seeing as it was against the Raiders.

Bowe may be done for four games, but in the end the thing he might really be doing is preserving himself better for the future. Yeah he will come back this year, but at least he will have saved his body a bit, from a bad team, in these four games.