{"id":37937,"date":"2025-04-03T00:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T00:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37937"},"modified":"2025-04-03T00:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T00:50:40","slug":"chiefs-andy-reid-provides-key-injury-update-on-star-wr-rashee-rice-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37937","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Andy Reid Provides Key Injury Update on Star WR Rashee Rice: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rashee-Rice4-e1743538100324.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rashee-Rice4-e1743538100324.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rashee-Rice4-e1743538100324.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rashee-Rice4-e1743538100324.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs' Andy Reid Provides Key Injury Update on Star WR Rashee Rice: Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid provided an injury timeline for star wide receiver Rashee Rice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Who knows what happens in the 2024-25 Super Bowl if the Kansas City Chiefs have a healthy Rashee Rice lining up alongside Travis Kelce and company.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to forget that Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were without their star wide receiver for the majority of the 2024 campaign, calling upon veterans like JuJu Smith-Schuster and DeAndre Hopkins in his place.<\/p>\n<p>Rice has not played since Week 4 of last year \u2014 a game he left after just four offensive snaps and a freak injury that occurred after a Mahomes interception and an errant tackling attempt. But on April 1, The Kansas City Star\u2019s Sam McDowell relayed an injury update live from the NFL owner\u2019s meeting and head coach Andy Reid himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRashee Rice is \u2018on track\u2019 to be ready for training camp, Andy Reid said when asked by The Star at the NFL meetings,\u201d McDowell reported.<\/p>\n<p>In an accompanying article, the KC beat reporter noted a follow-up quote from Reid, who expressed that Rice is \u201cworking his tail off right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice underwent surgery to repair the LCL in his right knee last October. If he\u2019s ready for training camp, that should provide the Chiefs with a massive boost heading into Week 1.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Beat Reporter Reminds Fans of Rashee Rice\u2019s Impact Before Knee Injury<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cRice was leading the NFL in receptions through three weeks before the collision with his quarterback. He was second in yards,\u201d McDowell reminded in his article. Adding: \u201cBut the story of his impact \u2014 the story of what the Chiefs lost \u2014 is not solely in his production. It\u2019s the <i>type<\/i> of production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cWe have talked for years about how defensive coordinators are playing a Mahomes and Reid offense \u2014 for years only because, well, it\u2019s been relevant for years,\u201d the reporter explained. \u201cAfter his 5,000-yard, 50-touchdown season, defenses almost in unison decided to take away the deep throws and make Mahomes beat them short. Make him stay patient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Rice gave Kansas City that short-yardage threat opposite Kelce \u2014 who has also thrived in those open pockets of the defense.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">McDowell went on to point out that Rice was second only to Detroit Lions star Amon-Ra St. Brown during his rookie season in a very specific stat: converting receptions into first downs on \u201cpasses thrown behind the line of scrimmage [combined with passes] thrown within the initial 10 yards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, McDowell wrote that \u201cRice was the top-graded wide receiver among throws behind the line of scrimmage [in 2023], per PFF. He led the NFL in catches and yards on those throws and turned more of them into first downs than any other player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It can be difficult to replicate that sort of skillset, which Reid likened to a \u201ctough, big [and] physical\u201d running back once he has the ball in his hands.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs WR Rashee Rice Still Faces Potential NFL Punishment for \u2018Involvement in High-Speed Crash\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Even if Rice does return in time for Week 1, he could miss some time in 2025 if his legal proceedings are finally carried out this calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s evident that Rice is facing a league suspension for his involvement in a high-speed crash last summer,\u201d McDowell stated. \u201cThe NFL waits for cases to resolve themselves before suspending players. His case has not yet been resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen just how many games Rice might be suspended for, although some believe the penalty would likely be a lower number of games being that the KC wideout is a first-time offender.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Obermuller covers the NFL for Heavy.com, where he began writing in 2021. His areas of focus specialize on the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, with expert knowledge on each based on years of coverage. An NYC area native and Quinnipiac graduate, his previous bylines include Heavy on Jets, FanDuel&#8217;s The Duel, King Fantasy Sports and Pro Football Mania. More about Michael Obermuller<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Chiefs News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid provided the latest on wide receiver Rashee Rice&#8217;s injury recovery including a potential return date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs&#039; Andy Reid Provides Key Injury Update on Star WR Rashee Rice: Report - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37937\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs&#039; 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