THE Chiefs de Kansas City placed the wide receiver Rashee Rice on the injured list Thursday, removing him from action for at least the next four games.
Rice was injured Sunday when quarterback Patrick Mahomes came into contact with his knee, while several Chiefs players attempted to tackle a Chiefs opponent. Los Angeles Chargers after a fumbled ball.
The team’s head coach, Andy Reid, had already indicated that Rice would not play in the Chiefs’ Monday game against the New Orleans Saints.
Kansas City won’t know more about the severity of the injury until next week, Andy Reid said Thursday. He also said Rice was waiting for the swelling in his knee to reduce before undergoing further testing.
“We really hope for the best, but we’re going to let things go and let the doctors decide,” the coach explained.
“Rashee is having an exceptional year. Unfortunately, injuries happen and life goes on, so we expect the next player to be ready to play and this situation is no exception. No two players are like Rashee. There are other players who are tough and are really, really good. We will get through this. »
Rice leads the Chiefs with 24 receptions and 288 passing yards through four games this season. He is also tied for the lead in passing touchdowns with two.
A duel against the Saints Monday evening
Undefeated in four games, the Chiefs have this record in large part because they took or kept a lead in the last quarter.
The Saints, visiting Kansas City on Monday, are 2-2 for the most part because they haven’t been able to do the same thing.
New Orleans corrected the Panthers and the Cowboys, but things went wrong late against Philadelphia and Atlanta.
Against the Eagles, Saquon Barkley tipped the scales with 1:01 remaining, scoring a touchdown. The Eagles won 15-12. Against the Falcons, Younghoe Koo made a 58-yard field goal in the final moments, leading Atlanta to a 26-24 victory.
“With experience, you realize that in this league, the margin of victory has very little importance,” said the running back Alvin Kamaraof the Saints.
“I wouldn’t care even 80 to zero. We have a lot of football left to play against good teams.”
Patrick Mahomes and company have always gotten the job done at the end of games this season.
In mid-September, Harrison Butker made a game-winning 51-yard field goal against the Bengals. The following week, the defense said no to the Falcons on a fourth down and a yard, with 56 seconds on the clock.
Last Sunday, against the Chargers, Samaje Perine scored the decisive touchdown with six minutes remaining.
“You have to combine a sense of urgency with the same rigor of execution as any other time in the game,” Mahomes said.
Mahomes knows what he’s talking about. Six of the Chiefs’ last seven playoff victories have come by a touchdown or less, including the last two Super Bowl games.
“It taught me not to try to make a crazy play,” Mahomes said. You have to think in your head that the moment is not that big after all.”
In the absence of Rashee Riceinjured knee, JuJu Smith-Schuster et Justin Watson should be requested more.
Between games, many in the crowd will take numerous glances at their phones: the game will start about an hour after the Royals at Yankee Stadium, the second of this second-round series in major league baseball.
