Dwayne Bowe Needs a Watch

Dwayne Bowe might want to get his hands on a time machine:

Kansas City's first-round draft pick began his professional career by showing up 30 minutes late for his first practice. Stretching exercises and coach Herm Edwards' welcoming remarks were finished by the time [Bowe] hurried onto the field for the opening session of a three-day rookie minicamp.

Then the 6-foot-3 Bowe, who described himself on draft day as "intimidating," proceeded to drop several passes.

To be fair, I've heard Edwards' welcoming remarks, and Bowe was right to miss them. So what reason would a rookie have for being late to his second day of practice? Apparently, he "had some things to do."

Edwards seemed to have a little more in the way of specifics, though his reasons don't make the situation any less ridiculous:

"I don't know. I think he had a shoe problem... That's what those big guys have. You know, when they get those big contracts they don't know what shoes to wear, I guess. I don't know. But he was here. He started practicing. He was in the drills. He dropped some balls and I told him relax..."

Yeah, Edwards really sounds like he's into this whole coaching thing. Now, maybe the head coach ripped Bowe a new one out of they prying eyes of the camera, but to read his comments, you get the impression Edwards wasn't too concerned. Maybe it's not a big deal -- though I think every other NFL coach would disagree -- I mean, Bowe did finally show up. Even if he didn't catch a lot of passes. At least he got the shoes right.