Rashee Rice said it was great to be back in action after catching two touchdowns and a no-look pass during the Chiefs’ domination of the Raiders.
For the first time in 385 days, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice played in a regular-season NFL game.
“It felt great,” Rice said. “It meant a lot more today. You don’t really notice how much you love something until it’s gone.”
He had a game-high seven receptions and two touchdowns while recording 42 receiving yards.
The Chiefs’ 31-0 shutout of the Las Vegas Raiders represented Rice’s first regular-season action since Week Four of 2024 when he suffered a season-ending knee injury after colliding with Patrick Mahomes. He then began the 2025 season with a six-game suspension before returning in Week Seven.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Rice said.
The Chiefs, who used Rice in a variety of formations (including the slot and in motion), got him involved from the get-go.
“You saw,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said, “the trust that Pat has in him.”
Perhaps showing some nerves, Rice bobbled the first attempt to him on the Chiefs’ fourth offensive play, but that play was negated by holding on JuJu Smith-Schuster anyway. Five plays later his first catch was for just two yards. But on 1st and goal of that drive, Rice ran in motion, and Patrick Mahomes tossed it to him for the two-yard touchdown.
