Kansas City Chiefs Shopped Dwayne Bowe on Draft Day, Denied by Scott Pioli

Dwayne Bowe has yet to sign his franchise tender, and apparently the Kansas City Chiefs shopped him around during day one of the NFL draft. Whether or not the two are related is not known at this time.

According to this tweet on April 27th from Nate Bukaty of The Border Patrol, a morning sports talk show on Sports Radio 810 WHB in Kansas City, NFL draft expert Russ Lande told the show that the Chiefs attempted a draft-day trade involving Bowe, but no one bit on their demands for a first-round pick:

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Nate Bukaty ‏ @nate_bukaty

@RUSSLANDE just told us that the Chiefs tried to trade Dwayne Bowe yesterday, but nobody was willing to offer a first round pick for him.

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The Border Patrol interviewed Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli this morning, and he had this to say about the rumor according to this Nate Bukaty tweet:

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Nate Bukaty ‏ @nate_bukaty

Scott Pioli on reports that the Chiefs tried to trade Bowe on draft day: "100 percent unequivocally untrue."

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The Chiefs have spent a considerable number of draft picks on wide receivers recently. Could it be in preparation of Bowe not being in Kansas City past this season or possibly even 2012 either?

Bowe is just as important to the Chiefs' offense as any player on the team, in terms of talent and in helping to groom the younger receivers on the team into solid NFL contributors.

However, if the Chiefs think Jon Baldwin can be just as productive and they can flip Bowe for a first-round pick eventually, isn’t it a no-brainer to save the money on a potential long-term deal?

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