Kansas City Chiefs have put Rashee Rice on injured reserve for at least four weeks after their leading wide receiver hurt his knee when quarterback Patrick Mahomes collided with him trying to make a tackle last weekend.
Mahomes had just thrown an interception to the Los Angeles Chargers’ Kristian Fulton and both players were trying to chase him down. Rice got there first and stripped Fulton of the ball, just as Mahomes dived and hit his teammate just above his right knee.
Mahomes said that he didn’t know he was the one who caused the injury until he saw the replay on the scoreboard.
“I wasn’t really worried about myself. I was worried about his injury and hopefully that it wasn’t as bad as it looked,” he said ahead of Monday night’s game against the New Orleans Saints.
The Chiefs initially were concerned that Rice tore his ACL, which would mean season-ending surgery. But there has been no official diagnosis, and Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that the medical staff was waiting for the swelling to subside before they do another scan.
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“We’re really hoping that things work out for the best, but let’s just see where it goes and leave it up to the doctors to see,” Reid said.
“Rashee’s had a phenomenal year. Unfortunately, in this league injuries happen, and life goes on, so we always expected the next guys to step up and roll and it’s no different now.
“There’s not another Rashee. There’s other guys though that are very, very good, so we’ll be fine.”
