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The Play Sheet [VIDEO]: Rashee Rice Will Save the Kansas City Chiefs

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4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Kansas City Chiefs have had a year to forget when it comes to their WR play. From Kadarius Toney's gut-wrenching drops to Travis Kelce's slight decline this year, Chiefs fans are wondering if their team can make another Super Bowl run. The Ringer's Ben Solak argues that another ring for Patrick Mahomes is still possible this season, given the encouraging play of rookie upstart Rashee Rice. Watch 'The Play Sheet' on YouTube or Spotify every Wednesday at 8 a.m. PT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Howdy? I'm Ben Solac. This is the Playsheet. This is a weekly episode we do here, and it's a video podcast. We're watching some films. So click in a Spotify app, watch the video and enjoy. The opening script. Chiefs receivers are in trouble, but they're also going to be okay. It has been a bad year to be a Chief's receiver, namely it's been a bad year to beat

0:21.5

one specific chiefs receiver. Let's review. In week one, the chiefs were going to beat the

0:26.1

lions, but then Cadarius Tony had a bad drop over the middle of the field and it became a pick

0:29.9

six, Brian Branch, now it's a close game. The chiefs were also, people forget this, in that game,

0:35.2

in a position to get into game-winning field goal range,

0:38.9

and Mahomes hit Cadarious Tony with another pass that was dropped.

0:42.6

Later in the season, we had more such nonsense.

0:44.9

Marquez-vaalda scantling, wide-open game-winning touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter,

0:50.1

hits him in all ten fingers, dropped.

0:52.1

Later in that game, fourth and 25, Mahomes Heroics, a chance to keep the drive alive.

0:58.4

Justin Watson drops the pass.

1:00.5

And then, of course, the Bills game, in which we all know what happened in the Bills game.

1:05.3

So this has been a storyline all season, and now here we are.

1:07.7

The Chiefs just beat the Patriots last Sunday.

1:09.7

They're nine and five.

1:14.0

They're in position to win the division now because they're two games up on the Broncos. They're going to be like the three seat. It's still a good season and a good offense. But while that Chiefs

1:19.8

Patriots game might be sleepy for us, it still had Patrick Mahomes throwing to his receivers.

1:24.4

And there was still a really important moment in this game, too. Let's go to play action.

1:30.2

Okay, fourth quarter, Chiefs Patriots, Chiefs are up 17. They're going to win this ball game.

1:34.3

So what are we going to do in fourth quarter? Let's throw the ball to Cadars Tony. Let's work on this

1:38.0

relationship. Let's get him a catch. And so Tony's here is the number three receiver. He's going to run what initially looks like a curl route. It's going to stop there for a second, and then it's going to break to the inside, right?

1:46.3

Nice little route.

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