Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has been hitting all the right notes at OTAs.
Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is making his way back from a knee injury that saw his 2024 season end after just four games, and the good-news progress he’s making will surely put a smile on the faces of fans and the coaching staff.
With the defending AFC champs beginning OTAs, this is the time of year when, if a player is nursing an injury or, in Rice’s case, making a return from a significant one, it is steady as she goes.
But in what is somewhat of a surprise, yet a great one at that, per Sam McDowell of The Kansas City Star, Rashee wasn’t just on the field doing bits and pieces, he was doing everything.
“Rashee Rice, a full participant, had a good day,” McDowell posted on X.
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (4) kneels on field.
Given how the offense struggled at times last season with Rice out, Marquise “Hollywood” Brown not being sighted until Week 16, and the up-and-down form of Travis Kelce, there is a lot of upside for the offense.
For Rice, it is a great sign that he is a full participant at OTAs, but no doubt the Chiefs will take a cautious approach with their No. 1 weapon.
Training camp is a long, arduous grind for players, and we imagine that Rice will be managed through it, much like he is at OTAs.
Still, having him on the grass now is a good sign that, come the beginning of the season, the Chiefs will have their No. 1 weapon fully fit and ready to pick up where he left off last season.
