CHIEFS CAMP BUZZ: Top draft pick Bowe practices
Bowe debuts
Rookie wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, the Chiefs’ No. 1 draft pick, practiced with the team for the first time in training camp. Bowe, who didn’t arrive in River Falls until last week because he hadn’t agreed to contract terms, snared a touchdown pass from Casey Printers.
Coach Herm Edwards said Bowe would play some in Thursday night’s preseason game against Miami at Arrowhead Stadium.
“We like what he did in the spring,” Edwards said, “but he’s been away from it, so we’ll bring him along slowly.”
New receiver in town
Wide receiver Bobby Sippio’s stats from the last four seasons in the Arena League are freakish. The 6-foot-3, 214-pound Sippio caught 354 passes for 5,137 yards and 142 touchdowns.
But the Chiefs aren’t necessarily looking at Sippio, who signed a two-year contract Monday, as a savior.
“We need the legs,” Edwards said, referring to the need to keep his other receivers fresh. “We’ve still got two more weeks, and we’ve got to play games. We need more legs. That’s always good for the receivers. They’ve run so much they always lose their legs. He’s a guy we kind of liked.”
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