Those of us who follow the Kansas City Chiefs know to view predictions from wide receiver Dwayne Bowe with a heavy dose of skepticism. He infamously predicted he would lead the NFL in catches and receiving yards in 2013, his first season playing for coach Andy Reid and quarterback Alex Smith.

Bowe finished that season, as well as all others since 2010, well off the lead in any statistical category.

My ESPN colleague Jeremy Fowler covers Bowe's new team, the Cleveland Browns, and caught up with Bowe today. Read Fowler's story here.

Bowe, predictably, forecasts a bounce-back season.

"Just sit back and watch," he told Fowler.

Bowe said that being reunited with Cleveland general manager Ray Farmer will revitalize his career. Farmer was the Chiefs' pro personnel director when Bowe was drafted in 2007 and during his big seasons early in his career.

One problem for Bowe is that Farmer doesn't coach the team. If Cleveland's coaching staff didn't approve of Bowe's signing, he might be headed for another difficult season.

Another is the quality of quarterbacks in Cleveland. I wrote upon Bowe's signing with the Browns I was surprise he didn't hook on with a team with better quarterback play. I noted the often subpar passers he played with during his eight seasons with the Chiefs and thought playing with, say, Philip Rivers in San Diego or Tom Brady in New England, would have been more important to him than a fatter paycheck playing with Josh McCown or Johnny Manziel in Cleveland.

Maybe Bowe does have a big season for the Browns, proving the problem was with his coaches and teammates in Kansas City and not with him. That wouldn't be a total surprise.

But I'm not going to predict just because Bowe predicted it first.