KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes stated he did not know initially he was the one who unintentionally collided with the knee of Chiefs huge receiver Rashee Rice in final week’s sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Then he noticed the replay on the SoFi Stadium videoboard.
“After I noticed the replay, I felt like s— that I hit Rashee,” Mahomes stated Thursday of the play wherein he, Rice and different gamers have been chasing a Chargers fumble that adopted an interception. “I wasn’t actually anxious about myself. I used to be anxious about his damage and hopefully that it wasn’t as unhealthy because it appeared. I used to be the one which hit him.
“I did not discover it within the second. I used to be extra anxious about attempting to get the ball. Clearly, he is simply attempting to make a play, and it occurs everytime you’re attempting to make tackles.”
Rice was knocked out of the sport with a knee damage and didn’t apply with the Chiefs on Thursday. Coach Andy Reid stated Rice wouldn’t play in Monday night time’s sport in opposition to the New Orleans Saints at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Chiefs will not know extra concerning the extent of the damage till subsequent week, Reid stated Thursday, including that Rice was ready on the swelling to be decreased in his injured knee earlier than present process additional testing.
The Chiefs positioned Rice on injured reserve Thursday, sidelining him for no less than the following 4 video games.
“We’re actually hoping that issues work out for the very best, however let’s simply see the place it goes and go away it as much as the medical doctors to see,” Reid stated.
“Rashee’s had an exceptional yr. Sadly, on this league accidents occur, and life goes on, so we at all times anticipated the following guys to step up and roll and it is no completely different now. There’s not one other Rashee. There [are] different guys although which might be very, excellent so we’ll be advantageous.”
Additionally Thursday, operating again Clyde Edwards-Helaire started his three-week apply window to return from the non-football damage checklist. Edwards-Helaire hasn’t performed this season. He stated throughout coaching camp that he’s battling points with post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD) stemming from an incident in school.
Reid stated Edwards-Helaire would initially apply with the scout crew.
“We’ll simply get him again into the swing of issues right here and see how he does,” Reid stated. “He is in fine condition, he is been figuring out, so simply get him again into the soccer [mode].”
