Patrick Mahomes comments speak volumes as Kansas City Chiefs make injury decision

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been placed connected the injured reserve database aft helium was injured successful the Week 4 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Chargers

The Kansas City Chiefs person decided to spot wide receiver Rashee Rice being placed connected the injured reserve list, with backmost Patrick Mahomes feeling liable for his teammate's injury.

Rice was taken disconnected the tract during their Week 4 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Chargers aft a collision with Mahomes, who was trying to retrieve a fumble pursuing an interception. Initial fears were that Rice had suffered a season-ending ACL tear, but determination is anticipation that this whitethorn not beryllium the case.

Chiefs' caput manager Andy Reid has confirmed that Rice volition not beryllium playing successful the upcoming lucifer against the New Orleans Saints, and the subordinate has present officially been enactment connected the injured reserve list. The squad is waiting for the swelling successful Rice's genu to subside earlier conducting further tests, but helium volition beryllium retired of enactment for astatine slightest the adjacent 4 weeks.

"We're truly hoping that things enactment retired for the best, but let's conscionable spot wherever it goes and permission it up to the doctors to see,'' Reid said connected Thursday. "Rashee's had a phenomenal year.

"Unfortunately, successful this league injuries happen, and beingness goes on, truthful we ever expected the adjacent guys to measurement up and roll, and it's nary antithetic now. There's not different Rashee. There [are] different guys, though, that are very, precise good, truthful we'll beryllium fine.''

Before his wounded successful the archetypal 4th connected Sunday, Rice had made 24 receptions and covered 288 yards successful the archetypal 4 games. As the Chiefs' starring receiver this play with 2 touchdowns, his lack volition beryllium keenly felt and the squad volition request to rally successful response.The Kansas City Chiefs person been dealt a stroke with the nonaccomplishment of moving backmost Isiah Pacheco to injury, starring them to re-sign seasoned Kareem Hunt.

Mahomes, the team's quarterback, is feeling the strain of losing his apical receiver. "When I saw the replay, I felt similar s--- that I deed Rashee," Mahomes confessed.

"I deliberation that's beauteous overmuch each ... I mean, I wasn't truly disquieted astir myself. I was disquieted about, hopefully, his injury, and hopefully that it wasn't arsenic atrocious arsenic it looked due to the fact that I was the 1 that deed him."

Despite accidentally injuring Rice, Mahomes managed to debar wounded himself successful what could person been a unsafe collision. When asked if helium was acrophobic for his ain safety, helium replied: "No I didn't announcement successful the moment, I was much disquieted astir trying to get the ball.

"But yeah, obviously, conscionable trying to marque a play. It happens erstwhile you're trying to marque tackles. "

The Chiefs are present focusing connected their "next antheral up" strategy without Rice, spotlighting 2 cardinal players successful their offense. Rookie Xavier Worthy is acceptable to instrumentality connected a bigger relation aft scoring a important touchdown successful the triumph implicit the Chargers, portion choky extremity Travis Kelce has yet to scope his highest this season. Kelce has clocked 158 yards this play and nary touchdowns, marking a 50 percent driblet from his averages past year.