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\"Rashee<\/p>\n

August 14th, 2025 at 6:09pm CST by Sam Robinson<\/p>\n

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Rashee Rice<\/strong> is expected to be suspended for a chunk of the 2025 season. The Chiefs wide receiver\u2019s criminal discipline has been levied, and it had been assumed an NFL suspension would be handed out before the season.<\/p>\n

Now, Kansas City could have its top wideout to open the year but be without him for much of the midseason stretch. An NFL disciplinary hearing is set for September 30; the wideout\u2019s suspension length will almost definitely emerge in the wake of that summit. While Rice\u2019s case is certainly different from Deshaun Watson<\/strong>\u2018s high-profile 2022 suspension saga, the hearing component is similar.<\/p>\n

The NFL, NFLPA and Rice\u2019s camp could not agree on discipline in this case, ESPN\u2019s Dan Graziano reports, leading to the hearing. The Sept. 30 date stemmed from disciplinary officer Sue Robinson\u2019s availability. Robinson\u2019s availability potentially determining which games Rice is available for certainly represents an interesting wrinkle here. Based on the lack of agreement here, it can be assumed the NFL is intending to suspend Rice for a significant stretch.<\/p>\n

Rice was hit with eight felony charges in connection with a March 2024 hit-and-run incident. His criminal case concluded last month with a sentence of five years probation and a 30-day prison term. Rice received deferred adjudication, so completing the probation process will close the case and allow him to avoid serving time in prison.<\/p>\n

However, Rice also was accused of punching a photographer at a nightclub following that freeway street-racing incident. While Rice was at SMU, Rice or a member of his party\u00a0fired gunshots into an empty vehicle belonging to a Mustangs basketball player. That was believed to have been on the table to be folded into an NFL investigation. Although the accuser in the nightclub assault matter declined to press charges, these two lower-profile incidents may impact his NFL suspension duration.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs\u2019 September slate consists of games against the Chargers, Eagles, Giants and Ravens. The six games following the hearing go: Jaguars, Lions, Raiders, Commanders, Bills and Broncos. While Rice stands to be available for the three-time reigning AFC champions\u2019 early slate, his reemergence from an LCL tear would then be paused due to a ban. The sides could preempt a hearing by reaching a settlement beforehand, however. That is how the Watson matter produced an 11-game ban, as the NFL was aiming to have the Browns trade acquisition suspended for all of the 2022 season. A compromise stopped the offseason-overshadowing matter from dragging on even longer than it had. In her role with the NFL, Robinson has only heard the Watson case.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have seen a number of regulars run into off-field trouble during Andy Reid<\/strong>\u2018s time at the helm; only some produced suspensions. While Tyreek Hill<\/strong>\u2018s domestic violence arrest occurred while he was in college, a separate scandal led to a 2019 NFL investigation. A lack of cooperation by a Kansas district attorney\u2019s office, however, helped keep the wideout from being suspended. The Chiefs also waived Kareem Hunt<\/strong> \u2014 who has since returned to the team \u2014 after video surfaced of him shoving and kicking a woman at a Cleveland hotel. Hunt\u2019s eight-game ban came when he was with the Browns in 2019. The Chiefs, however, saw Frank Clark<\/strong> banned two games midway through the 2022 season in connection with two gun-related arrests. One of their post-Clark options, free agent signee Charles Omenihu<\/strong>, was suspended six games for a domestic violence arrest to open the \u201923 season. Backup wideout Justyn Ross<\/strong> also landed on the commissioner\u2019s exempt list in 2023 for a domestic battery incident.<\/p>\n

If\/when Rice is suspended, the Chiefs will \u2014 as they did last year during his injury hiatus \u2014 lean on Xavier Worthy<\/strong>. Marquise Brown<\/strong> is also positioned to be available this year, after he missed most of last season. Those two will be Kansas City\u2019s primary receiving weapons alongside Travis Kelce<\/strong>. It will be interesting to see if Rice joins these pass-game principals in Week 1 or reaches a resolution to serve his ban to open the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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