As Rashee Rice’s Return Looms, Do the Chiefs Boast the NFL’s Best Passcatching Core?

Good news, Chiefs fans, Rashee Rice, who suffered a season-ending knee injury just four weeks into the 2024 campaign, is edging ever closer to full fitness and provides head coach Andy Reid with the type of boost needed after last season’s painful Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

25-year-old Rice, who the Chiefs selected in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, played his part in helping Kansas City to a Super Bowl triumph in his first season at the Arrowhead, will be itching to get going and will provide quarterback Patrick Mahomes with even more firepower to aim for in 2025.

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Though some would have thought Rice’s involvement in the Kansas City Chiefs' OTAs would be relatively sparse, it turns out he’s been a lot more active, which is a good sign that Andy Reid will be able to call upon the Philadelphia-born wide receiver early into the coming season.

Reid offered an update on Rice last month as well as tight end Jared Wiley, who also suffered a season-ending injury in 2024, stating.

“They’re doing well,”

“I can’t tell you when they’ll be back exactly here. Both of them bust their tail. They’re running, which is good. We’ll just see how it goes going forward here. We don’t have them here on the field right now with us. So we gotta see the football part of it as we go.”

He also touched upon the desire to get the off-season up and running with the new season nearing the horizon.

“I’m excited to get going again,”

“It’s been fun to go back in and dig in on the season and either come up with new things, and/or correct the things that we still like and are bringing back,” Reid added.

Offensive coordinator Maty Nagy was suitably impressed with Rice’s showing, commenting excitedly.

"He's (Rashee Rice) looked good. He's come back strong; he's been working hard to get to this point."

"It reminds me of last year where he was going into this part of the year where – the second year, he just looks like – even with Xavier (Worthy) right now, you can tell he knows where he's going so those guys are looking sharp."

The Kansas City Chiefs lost the Super Bowl to the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this year and start the 2025 regular season in Brazil, taking on the Los Angeles Chargers in Sao Paulo before facing the Eagles again in their first home game, which is sure to be a good indicator when it comes to title winning aspirations.