INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Rashee Rice is feared to have suffered a torn ACL in his proper knee, sources informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter, after the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs vast receiver collided with quarterback Patrick Mahomes throughout Sunday’s 17-10 win towards the Los Angeles Chargers.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid mentioned Rice would have an MRI on Monday.
“I am certain it isn’t nearly as good of reports as we wish,” Reid mentioned after the Chiefs improved to 4-0.
Rice’s harm is the most recent to jolt the Chiefs and their hopes for a high-scoring offense. One other of their vast receivers, Hollywood Brown, suffered a sternoclavicular harm on the primary play of the preseason and can sit out most if not all of this season.
Working again Isiah Pacheco broke his leg in Week 2 and can also be on injured reserve, although he might return later within the season.
Rice was making an attempt to get well a Chargers fumble throughout an interception return when the collision with Mahomes occurred. Each of Rice’s knees absorbed the influence, along with his proper knee showing to hyperextend. He was helped off the sphere and examined by medical personnel earlier than being taken to the locker room on a cart.
Rice entered Week 4 main the league in catches with 24 and second in yards with 288.
In his absence, the Chiefs obtained huge contributions from tight finish Travis Kelce, working again Kareem Hunt and vast receiver Xavier Worthy.
Kelce had his first huge sport of the season with seven catches for 89 yards, passing Tony Gonzalez to change into the Chiefs’ all-time chief in receptions.
Hunt, in his first sport with the Chiefs six years after being lower, led the workforce in speeding with 69 yards. Worthy caught a 54-yard go from Mahomes for Kansas Metropolis’s first landing.
“The fellows stepped up and stuffed in nearly as good as they will the position that [Rice] has in our offense, which is an enormous one,” Mahomes mentioned. “All we are able to do now could be return to the fundamentals and attempt to get guys alternatives to succeed.
“With Rashee going out early, you have to put Kelce again in that state of affairs the place he’s getting high-volume catches. Then simply with the Chargers taking away a few of the exterior stuff and leaving the center of the sphere open and we had been capable of get Trav in a few of these zone coverages.
“The entire Kelce factor usually hasn’t been a fear to me. I do know each time we want him he’ll make performs, and that is what he did at present.”
Hunt gave some life to the Chiefs’ working sport after rookie starter Carson Steele misplaced a fumble for the second time in three video games. Reid mentioned Hunt acquired many of the work after the fumble as a result of he was the “sizzling hand,” however indicated he would not hesitate to make use of Steele in upcoming video games.
Mahomes mentioned Hunt seemed very similar to the participant who led the NFL in speeding in 2017.
“He is at all times been a man that runs robust,” Mahomes mentioned. “He is laborious to sort out and you might see that and he is going to ensure he finishes each single run and falls ahead.
“For somebody to come back into an offense — I do know it is an offense he’d been in, however an offense he hadn’t performed in years — and to have the ability to run the soccer laborious, get properly earned yards, catch the ball out of the backfield, it was good to see. And I am simply glad [general manager Brett] Veach constructed a terrific working again room that we are able to get guys to step up and make performs whereas Isiah’s not right here.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
