ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Kansas Metropolis Chiefs large receiver Rashee Rice stated Patrick Mahomes has been a supportive teammate by his authorized points this 12 months.
“He is been essential,” stated Rice, who answered questions for the primary time at Chiefs coaching camp. “He is there for me every time I want him on or off the sphere. He is solely a name away, and he is at all times going to choose up my name, so I obtained him.”
Rice is going through one rely of aggravated assault, one rely of collision involving severe bodily damage and 6 counts of collision involving damage for his involvement in an auto accident in Dallas in March. Police stated Rice was going as quick as 119 mph on a Dallas freeway earlier than inflicting a crash that left at the least seven individuals injured.
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Rice can be a suspect in an assault in a Dallas nightclub in accordance with The Dallas Morning Information. No fees have been filed.
Rice deflected questions on his authorized standing, saying “It is nonetheless a authorized course of, and my group is dealing with that.”
“The principle factor for me is with the ability to be one of the best particular person I may be for my group so we will all come collectively and dominate,” Rice stated. “Simply proceed to encompass myself with those who I wish to be like and simply proceed to encompass myself with those who enable me to develop.”
Rice led Kansas Metropolis’s large receivers final season as a rookie with 79 catches for 938 yards and 7 touchdowns. The Chiefs added two quick large receivers, free agent Marquise Brown and first-round draft decide Xavier Worthy, within the offseason.
“We’re electrical,” Rice stated. “We’re simply wanting ahead to placing on a present.
“I really feel like our chemistry goes to proceed to develop. I really feel prefer it’s been rising all through the offseason and in addition to throughout this camp proper now and all we’re wanting ahead to is to proceed to develop and simply get higher, whether or not it is preseason or common season and even playoffs.”
