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After enjoying their first-round playoff bye week, the No. 1 seed Kansas City Chiefs will be back in action on Saturday for a divisional round date with the No. 4 seed Houston Texans.

Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs' offense will need a strong showing to overcome Houston's defense, which intercepted Justin Herbert four times in the wild-card round.

While they won't have No. 1 wide receiver Rashee Rice this weekend — out since Sept. 29 after suffering a serious knee injury in Week 4 — the tiniest sliver of hope remains that the 24-year-old star could return for the Super Bowl on Feb. 9, should the Chiefs make it for the third consecutive season.

Rice shared a 41-second progress video on his Instagram story on Monday while rehabbing his knee at the Chiefs facilities. In it, he can be seen doing weighted single-leg squats, indicating substantial progress in his journey back to the field.

Rice had surgery to repair his injured LCL and hamstring tendon on Oct. 8 with the expectation that his 2024 season would be over.

Despite some initial optimism from NFL insiders Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said after the surgery that Rice's recovery timeline would track pretty closely to that of a player who tore their ACL — typically around nine months.

"It's probably the same result, though, as you'd get time-wise for an ACL," Reid told reporters. "It takes a while for that to come back."

Still, the video raises the question: Just how realistic is the chance of Rice being ready to go by the second week of February? Don't hold your breath.

At the very least, the team would need to open up a 21-day practice window for Rice, who was placed on injured reserve on Oct. 3. The latest Kansas City could make that move and still have a chance to activate Rice for Super Bowl Sunday would be this Sunday, Jan. 19.

Plus, according to former Chiefs Super Bowl champion and All-Pro offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz on X, "Yes single leg squats means he’s 4 weeks away from being able to do everything a WR needs to do on the field and also get hit by defenders."

Even if Schwartz's informed perspective held true, Rice's return to live action is all but sure to come post-Super Bowl and later into the team's offseason program.

Damn. Feels like he missed being ready for the Super Bowl by 2-3 weeks.

Ain't happening.

Nah, not happening nor should they push it.

Just get him ready for 2025 opening night banner raising.

No chance.

Watson doesn't really present a risk of re-injury any greater than being healthy would have.

That ain't the case with Rice.

He's gone until summer - accept it.

Think Rice has told Mahomes the next pic he throws, you’re on your own?

Lmao. Schwartz. Was being sarcastic. He was mocking Brad Henson on twitter. Henson posted Rices video and mentioned a possible SB return

That’s funny Lucas’s embarrassed himself like that

Certainly seems like he'll be okay for next season!

OR he'll have a 49-50 week period to be ready for Superbowl LX

I'm amazed that anyone could read that and not realize it's sarcasm immediately.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="hi" dir="ltr">Rashee??? <a href="https://t.co/6UgW2VnkhT">pic.twitter.com/6UgW2VnkhT</a></p>— BBQ Chiefs (@BBQChiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBQChiefs/status/1884331566262002049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He probably just gets a jersey for being on the team.

That's my guess. Provocative, though.

:eek:

:whackit:

That would break people if he came back for the SB.

HE GOOD.

Imagine your justyn Ross. Finally called up. Then cut for a guy who had a total knee rebuild and is a complete unknown lol.

Haters will just claim that we cheated to get him through ACL protocol.

This would be insane

I would cry

there was a rumor like a month ago that he could possibly be ready for the Superbowl if we made it.

I don't believe it though

20 CATCHES 300 YARDS 6 TOUCHDOWNS IMHO

heck, maybe line him up wide on one of those electric Rascal scooters and let him roll for five yards just to draw a guy away from Kelce.

Oh hell yeah

man i know it's green, but tons of shots of the LIX logo look red and gold

LIX gear gonna be in HIGH demand for chiefs fans if we win

Scorching hot take here, but i'm not sure i'd want to activate him even if he was cleared.

A guy who barely played all season trying to get into game shape and getting his first live reps in months in the Super Bowl kind of seems like a recipe for disaster.

Miscommunication on a route or having a ball bounce off his hands for an INT kind of deal where he makes an error simply due to being rusty.

Idk, He almost certainly isn't playing regardless but I would just ride with the guys that got us here at this point and save Rashee for the start of next season.

Not sure the juice would be worth the squeeze. The risk of re-injury very likely outweighs the difference what he would currently offer the team over what Worthy, Brown, JuJu and Hopkins already do.

But I can’t lie. I’d be excited as hell if it were announced that they are opening the practice window and he somehow found a way to get in the rotation and provided another spark to the offense.

He ain’t playing. And if he did play:

2 catches for 13 yards.

As long as he wouldn't be bumping someone else off the roster that we really need, I'd be ok with it. If he did nothing else but run the the Philly DBs really hard, he'd be accomplishing something for the team. He'd be helping to keep the other receivers legs a little fresher.

I mean, Justyn Ross was on the active roster so he’d just take his place. I’d say it’s a long shot but even having him out there as a decoy would be good.

A Rashee Rice TD to win the Super Bowl!? lol That’d be fun, but I’d be just as stoke if it were Justyn Ross.

Okay but what about the second half?

Ross was elevated from the practice squad but was not active for the game.

You mean like the Bills and Benford?

He’s not going to be suspended.

The NFL can’t suspend everyone who is in a traffic accident

That's an ice cold take.

There's zero way he comes back now. Let him rest for next year.

He better not. We want Kelce to break all of Rice’s (Jerry) playoff records, especially if this is his ends up being his last playoff game.

No chance he plays. Not medically possible.

He's going to pull a Terrell Owens from 20 years ago.

Why are we even discussing this? They can't elevate him now even if they wanted to.

It's fun to pretend. :)

And to think about what might have been. And what could be next year. Rice and Worthy? :drool:

He's going to start at LG Caliendo ain't it and we don't have a good left guard on the roster.

Rice & Worthy together next year warms the heart with Kelce fading whether he's still here or not. I'd love Hollywood back as well if the price is right.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rashee Rice posted this on his Instagram. It looks like he is running again. 👀 I can’t wait for next season! 🔥 <br><br>🎥: IG | doub11e_r <a href="https://t.co/dguPc7e4UG">pic.twitter.com/dguPc7e4UG</a></p>&mdash; Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradHensonPro/status/1900206296810336321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The clip ended just before he threw up. And maybe collapsed in pain.

That's not what happened, I was there. The clip ended just before he got into the passenger seat of a car he rented with his homeboys and the guy in grey shorts then crashed into a bunch of compensation vultures at 119mph.

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What's everyone thinking regarding when Rice might be back from his likely suspension?

On track to return for training camp…

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rashee Rice is “on track” to be ready for training camp, Andy Reid said when asked by The Star at the NFL meetings. <br><br>More on the news and what it would mean for the Chiefs:<a href="https://t.co/RthIbBYG8W">https://t.co/RthIbBYG8W</a></p>&mdash; Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamMcDowell11/status/1907144623866150972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He has looked excellent in his workout clips.

Can’t see any atrophy. I’d say with the time he still has to work back, great shot he hits ground running.

Tapping some HGH/ halfway joking

He better find a less psychotic girlfriend before sending finding out she has been using it for her nails.

Is the court stuff just getting swept under or what?

What court stuff?

Down vote

I hope you’re right. A great deal of his game is playing like he’s shot out of a ****ing cannon. Really hope this injury didn’t negatively impact his explosion or willingness to plant his feet and go.

Do longer seasons mean longer suspensions? Asking for someone baned

When watching that video be sure to notice he's running with a resistance band around his waist. Still looks pretty fast

Ubeja Vontell?

This was my worry. Rashee doesn't have that long blazing 4.3 speed but his initial burst is about as fast as anyone in the league. So I hope that isn't something he lost with that knee. That was what made him special.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rashee Rice and Jared Wiley are doing well in their rehab, per Coach Reid.</p>&mdash; Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) <a href="https://twitter.com/KCChiefs_Matt/status/1914425457237463261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So are these assholes going to suspend him or what? Just get it over with already.

I'm not sure why they would.

No, Goodell likes to wait just a few days after the last preseason game to suspend our guys

Didn't know Wiley was battling his demons too. Maybe that's why he hardly saw the field last year. Some just go overboard with their whiskey.

The full quote:
'Rashee is doing well in his rehab. By the time training camp starts we expect him to be running as fast as he ran away from that accident."

The Corvette is produced in Bowling Green Kentucky. Pretty sure he got the 2-10 split

Civil trial begins June 23, but nothing yet on the criminal stuff.

I'd imagine they'll start something this summer?