Rashee Rice ABSENCE Could Leave Chiefs HUNTING Free Agent for Solutions!

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs face a wide receiver crisis as Rashee Rice’s uncertain status forces the front office into scramble mode. With the free agent market thinning and key targets like Tyreek Hill, Deebo Samuel, and Stefon Diggs out of reach or facing major question marks, the hunt intensifies for a reliable weapon to keep the offense firing. Would veterans like Keenan Allen or Gabe Davis be the answer, or are the Chiefs risking too much on aging legs? Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy weigh the pros and cons of signing seasoned options—including JuJu Smith-Schuster and DeAndre Hopkins—while addressing trade scenarios and the price of forfeiting future draft assets. The conversation covers player fit, cap space realities, and which receivers could actually replace Rice’s production. Listener input is encouraged as the Chiefs confront one of the biggest roster challenges of the offseason.

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0:00.0	Chiefs have a Rishi Rice problem. The question is, is can they get somebody else to fill the shoes?
0:05.2	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked-on Chiefs podcast.
0:11.3	You are Locked-on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked-on
0:17.4	podcast network, your team every day. And welcome back to Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.2	And welcome back to Locked-on Chiefs, and this is Chiefs Overtime, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:28.8	Let's get into it.
0:30.1	Free agent-wide receivers hate having this conversation in May because this should
0:35.1	have been a conversation that was done in March,
0:38.1	but reality is, it is what it is, and we are going to dive into what is available out there
0:43.5	on the open market. Everybody wants to talk about Tyree Kill. I still don't really think that's
0:49.0	an option. I don't know. Somebody said something earlier today.
1:00.1	And I can't remember if it was Adam Schaefter or who was, but there was people saying that he might not be ready until November.
1:01.6	Yeah.
1:04.9	I don't see how you can go that direction.
1:11.4	At this point, where we are now in May with OTAs coming up, Tyree Kill should be running and catching footballs.
1:14.7	And if he's not doing that,
1:17.0	and you know if he was, he'd be publicizing it.
1:19.8	So I have to think that he's not quite there yet.
1:23.5	If he's ready by camp,
1:25.4	or if he's running, catching by camp,
1:26.9	that doesn't mean that he's ready for camp.
1:29.5	So I agree.
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