Speculation about wide receiver Dwayne Bowe’s future with the Browns revved up on Thursday when Solomon Wilcots, who calls the team’s preseason games on television, said that Bowe needed “to show up tonight to be a part of the 53-man roster.”
Bowe then played into the third quarter against the Bears, which is usually a time when the field is filled with players angling for spots on practice squads and not those who signed two-year contracts with $9 million in guaranteed money. Bowe had one catch for eight yards in the game, which coach Mike Pettine said wouldn’t be Bowe’s last with the Browns when asked by reporters after the game.