Stud, Stud, Stud...

Mike Evans and a rookie, + JWatson and 2 equivalents that can actually catch and we are in business

Think about how many snaps we wasted on Moore and MVS…

Can you imagine if we actually draft Jerry Rice's kid like in the 3rd round or something?

RICE, RICE, BABY

This is no joke.

I think the switch from Moore to Rice and MVS to Watson/Hardman will pay dividends in the post-season.

Is he okay with his injury? I was thrilled to see him come back into the game, but I saw him limping after one play. The guy was a freaking Superstar tonight.

Add some soy sauce because he'll make bitch fans salty like a mother****er

Star performance today. He's received little pub but he's been great. Difference maker! 130 yards and a TD in his first playoff game.

Out performed Hill in their playoff matchup...

Hell of a game for Rice against Miami. Keep the train rolling…

Well, not for a few weeks anyway :D

I like Puka and Addison. Flowers is getting his dick sucked waaaaaay too hard for putting up production equal to Rice, while Rice just gets completely ignored by media. It's a crime.

**** Flowers with a pogo stick. Rice is awesome.

I had a few friends who don't like complimenting the Chiefs at this point text me last night raving about Rice and how ridiculous it was what he was doing in that weather.

The way he snatches the ball out of the air might be my favorite part of his game.

He's going to be special.

Anyone else notice that on the play where he got dinged up, the Dolphins player (not sure who it was) intentionally tripped him on that play? Dude basically did the splits as he was going down to try and get a trip on Rice, which caused Rice’s feet to tangle up. Should have been a penalty. Refs were atrocious last night.

They usually are...

I am a definitely a part of the Rashee Rice Fan Club.

I really hope Flowers gets to meet Sneed

Remember in the beginning of the year when CP was like "we lost Juju and now we have no one to replace him!" Good times LMAO

Rashee is gonna be better than JuJu

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rashee Rice vs. the Dolphins in the Wild Card:<br><br>8 receptions, 130 yards<br>1 TD<br>152.1 passer rating when targeted ‼️ <a href="https://t.co/jyA1k9SvRx">pic.twitter.com/jyA1k9SvRx</a></p>&mdash; PFF KC Chiefs (@PFF_Chiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/PFF_Chiefs/status/1746528120507666549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Already is

This young man is a player. I was in the stands last night talking with my friend, and we where talking about he almost reminded me of Early pat/Kelce playoff games where people would be almost giving up or not putting in 100 and Pat and Kelce where just gods and would not give in and refuse to lose. Rice has that same vibe, he touches the ball and the man refuses to lose. He could be a star if he continues this path.

He's a beast and looks at worst ro be a #2 if not potential #1
Excited to see what he becomes ...what a great season for him especially lately

I think Mahomes trust in him really shined through tonight

He has wheel, but what I was loving is his hands catching. Great job of seeing the ball in and snatching it out of air.

Absolutely screwed out of a TD on a phantom penalty

Did anybody notice on the zone play early in the game he settled down and then shuffled over to his left to find an open spot?

Mahomes zipped it to him. Showed his intelligence and also how much trust Patrick has that he's going to make the right decision.

Remember that literal guaranteed TD drop he had in the preseason?

Yeah I bet you forgot about that cause this kids a baller now.

Yeah, it's something Kelce does all the time. Glad Mahomes and Rice are forming that same connection.

So this kid's pretty good, eh?

Any doubt whether his ceiling was a legit #2 or a legit #1 was put to rest when he dominated his first playoff game.

He’s a superstar in the making, as is Pacheco. We have our next wave of being an offensive juggernaut coming next year when we add a few more pieces at the WR position to help out.

Drafting this guy from SMU of all places and having it turn out this good is amazing. Literally digging up a draft gem.

He’s a clear cut #1.

This is how we draft all of our WRs from now on until the NFL tells us no.

Mahomes sends over an approved list, and we take our guy within the first two rounds.

No more Skyys.

Yes, it means we might miss out on peoples’ precious little T Boone Pickens from time to time, but we don’t need any of those head cases when we have an army of Rices.

Reggie Wayne reborn

What are you talking about?

I have it on good authority that KC needs to trade a first round pick for an established vet, they also need to take a WR in the first round, trading up somewhat if needed in order to get the future WR1 that they want, and they probably still need to bring in another established WR2 type...

...or KC will be wasting Mahome's prime years.

:harumph:

We need a legitimate deep threat that catches the ball. If we get that this offense will open back up and we'll be a scary offense again.

He’s been great and most importantly he isn’t a Diva.

I mean, we kinda do though. Maybe not go all out. But draft one in the first couple of rounds = yes and sign a veteran, yup.

There's only 2 receivers I want to see remain on the team next year and that's obviously Rice and I'd keep Watson but I'd like him at the 4th guy coming off the bench.

Agreed. Outside of Rice and Watson, there's no need to keep anyone else (that includes James, BWillie). I'm all for a vet replacement for MVS and another WR from the draft that the front office likes.

Get rid of Toney, MVS, and Moore.

Draft one early. Draft one late. Sign a decent FA.

Don’t need to go crazy with any of those moves.

Those moves plus Rice and Kelce will be massive upgrades.

When I hear rashee rice talk, I hear Patrick and Travis.

It’s refreshing. Humble, loves to play the game, right amount of ownership for mistakes. I know that sounds simple and yet it’s the accountability you just don’t hear from guys like Mvs and Toney.

It’s crazy that Rice is already looking like what we all hoped Dwayne Bowe could have developed into.

He's starting to work the angles with his acceleration. When he breaks clean there is literally nobody in the league who can keep step with him. Rice definitely looks like a dawk as well. At times you see him initiate the contact. It sends a message.

Rice has an odd way of running his routes. He appears slow and very close to be tackled by the corner who is covering him. Yet, he accelerates just enough and grabs 20 yards in a blink of an eye. It's almost as if he plays the game in slow motion. Remarkable to watch. He is also a very fluid runner. Almost like a videogame character.

I’m excited to see who they go up and get to play opposite him.

And his physicality is not to be overlooked.

Kids a dawg.

It's possible to praise Rice and be enthusiastic about his future without shitting on Bowe and what he did here.

What he could have developed into? How about what he DID develop into? Were you expecting him to be Calvin Johnson or some shit?

Like 4 consecutive 1000 yard seasons with wild instability at QB and coach. Super fun YAC WR. He put together a ton of great plays where it took defenses to swarm tackle in order to bring him down.

Bowe had a pretty good 7 or so seasons with us. Yeah, at the end he was a part of the season without a WR TD. He had lost a significant step and only got worse when he left KC the next year. But that doesn't mean he was some Jon Baldwin jagoff.

Put some respect on his name.

Yep Rice is a clear cut #1! No need to sign like a Mike Evans or so, Rice is HIM! Get Rome Oduzinke!! Pair him with Rice and watch magic happen!

I’m not putting Bowe down on that. He really only played to his potential in 1 season though, imo. That was when Haley forced him to take it seriously.

What I’m saying is I think it’s highly possible Rice eclipses what Bowe did here because he seems less full of himself, more professional, but still brings the traits Bowe did in terms of how he plays larger, is physical with the ball in his hands, and could really hurt you when he got going.

Rice has a chance to have a few really big years in the near future.

Bullshit.

He had four very good seasons w/total ass at QB.

Im not sure if anyone else saw this but Rice should have TWO TDs!

The block in the back on Taylor that called back the TD, a Miami guy pushed Taylor in the back and caused him to push his guy.

****ing announcers glossed right over it, even on the replay. I saw it clear as day!

Tell me you guys saw it too!

The hands pluck catches were impressive.

And if God forbid Rice get hurt and be out for a bit we are back to looking like ass. We don't need Tyreek but we could use 2-3 more guys that are at least solid.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chiefs</a> WR Rashee Rice hasn&#39;t hit a rookie wall. He actually looks like he&#39;s hitting another gear. I talked to someone who has thrived with late season chemistry with Mahomes in the past and they agree. This is something to watch. My report on The Insiders on <a href="https://twitter.com/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nflnetwork</a> <a href="https://t.co/O38n0Ajf6D">pic.twitter.com/O38n0Ajf6D</a></p>&mdash; James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1747762275979600106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The slow ramp.
https://youtu.be/czRHG5JMCfA?si=enbQXg9F0aUvxF1K

Boy gonna feast on that soft secondary

Rice has been great and gives us hope for another Super Bowl, and is the kind of draft pick the hill trade required.

But think of how much better things could’ve been if our receiver drafting after the hill trade has been better. Clearly, taking Moore over Pickens was a big mistake. And this year why couldn’t we have been as smart as the bills and recognized a 2 tight end strategy. Instead of drafting Uzomah we could have drafted Laporta. That would’ve given us Kelsey‘s replacement as he starts to age and another reliable receiver this year for Mahomes.

And we should have recognized what last year‘s bandaid group of receivers did was not sustainable. If we hadn’t wasted so much money on penalty Taylor, we could’ve had free agent Hopkins.

So Rice has been great and was a great draft pick. but he doesn’t make up for the terrible approach Veach has taken for receivers after the hill trade.

Shut up bitch

Pretty sure your entire opinion was easily invalidated when you couldn't even correctly spell the name of our HOF TE.

Interesting. My rep stick can still dole out 5 red squares of damage if it needs to.

Good to know.

Bro spelled it Kelsey.

I don’t know, I really think Kelsey can give us a good couple of years. I really do like Rise, and with Majomes throwing to him, it’s gonna be electric. I’m not mad at Veech for drafting Skii More, misses happen even to the best GM in the universe.

In all seriousness, can you imagine how absolutely ****ing stupid it is to basically say, “If you ignore how good Rice is and ignore the fact that Veach won a SB largely with this level of WR talent last year, he’s been an absolute failure.”?

Well, I don't know, a lot of people have basically been making this argument for months.

"Why doesn't he just pick all the right guys? Its so obvious! Its so easy! I bet I could do this job! Hire me, Kansas City Chiefs!"

We’re paying dirt cheap prices for our WRs.

You can disagree with that strategy. Fine. But the way some fans call Veach a failure?

He didn’t really fail. Failure is paying Frank Clark prices and getting… well… Frank Clark. On this one he went conservative on a slow rebuild of the position.

Eh...I'm ok with the "failure" part. Not all failures are someones fault. Shit just failed and didn't work out.

Pivot and move on.

I have a hunch that this Sunday's game will be known as The Rashee Rice Game.......

That implies it'll be his best playoff game... I think it should be "Rice's Welcome Party" personally, but something organically will come out of it I'm sure.

VEACH CANT DRAFT WRs!!!! BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT RICE DOESN'T COUNT!!!!

The CG and SB will be known as The Rashee Rice Game II and III, respectively

Do we feel good about Rice being our #1 WR next season or do whatever we can to get a #1 with Rice slotted in as our #2?

Of course one could argue that Kelce is our #1 and we at least need another #2 type talent at WR to pair with Rice.

Rice has performed as well as any WR ever has in their first year with Andy, so I'm OK with penciling him in as the #1. However, I don't think we can count on Kelce holding up at the same level moving forward, so we definitely need to be hunting for at least some help at the level of a #2.

I'm excited to what Reid does with a whole offseason to build an offense around Rice's skills.

We can probably justify drafting a receiver (WR or TE) fairly early every year.

We carry 5-6 WRs and 3 TEs. Someone will always be getting old, declining, or expensive.

We need another top guy that's around that level of Rice. Get that and this offense will be hard to stop even with Kelce declining. Hell, to be sure I reckon it's still a middling guy in FA and a 1st round WR.

Need a speedy WR that can get separation, track deep balls, and catch them.

It's crazy how hard this feels right now. We have 3 WRs (Moore, Hardman, Toney) who rolled a minus 20 in D&D for "wide receiver instincts", and another two (MVS, Watson) who know how to run routes, but don't track the ball or catch the ball very well, and never fight through contact.

We don't need a #1 - Rice can do that.

But if he's your #1, you need a pretty reliable #2 given that Kelce's likely going to show continued decline.

If you have Rice and a guy who's 90% as good as Rice as your 2nd, with 80% of this year's version of Kelce at TE - you'll be in fine shape.