The Kansas City Chiefs were dealt a rather brutal loss on Sunday when Patrick Mahomes dove errantly into Rashee Rice’s legs on an attempted tackle. Mahomes was attempting to make a play after throwing an interception, but it did not go as planned.
At halftime, Andy Reid told CBS Sports’ Tracy Wolfson “it’s not good” when asked about the severity of Rice’s injury. We should learn more in the hours and days to come, but any time a player has their knee bent awkwardly from a diving tackle, the risk is fairly substantial. This was obviously a simple miscalculation from Mahomes, but it could have a profoundly negative impact on the Kansas City offense moving forward.
Hidden behind their winning record is the fact that we haven’t seen much from the Chiefs’ offense this season. It has been the defense leading the way to victory through four weeks, with Mahomes doing the bare minimum to elevate his team to four straight victories. Kansas City hasn’t had an easy schedule necessarily, but the timing of certain matchups has been favorable.
Mahomes can get the job done with just about anyone in the WR room, but with Travis Kelce aging, there is more pressure than ever on a pretty mediocre group. Now both Rashee Rice and Hollywood Brown, arguably Kansas City’s best wideouts, are expected to miss significant time. We don’t know for sure on the Rice front, but Hollywood is already done for the season…