Chiefs WR Rashee Rice pleaded responsible on July 17, 2025, to a DUI from a automobile crash in 2024. With this information occurring halfway by way of the summer time, many anticipated Rice to overlook the primary few video games of the 2025 season.
Nevertheless, the NFL has scheduled Rashee Rice’s disciplinary listening to for September 30. Conveniently making him obtainable for the Chiefs’ first 4 video games. They face the Chargers, Eagles, Giants, and Ravens. NFL insider Mike Florio known as it “odd” that the league is ready till the season has began for his disciplinary listening to.
Rashee Rice’s delayed disciplinary listening to has raised questions across the NFL
Jordan Addison and Rashee Rice pleaded responsible THE SAME DAY. Addison will miss the primary three video games of the season. Rice might be obtainable for 4 (and sure 5) high-profile video games. Supply: “Perhaps I’m a conspiracy theorist, however that is odd.” https://t.co/DOt47ASzdv
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NBC Sports activities’ Mike Florio isn’t your typical NFL insider. He practiced regulation for 18 years and has since made a profession in sports activities media. Florio dives deep into studies and tales to seek out the reality. On Thursday, Florio launched an article detailing the Rashee Rice delayed disciplinary listening to.
He detailed that Vikings WR Jordan Addison was cited for a DUI and pleaded responsible on July 17. That was the identical day Chiefs WR Rashee Rice pleaded responsible to a pair of felonies. Regardless of having a lesser misdemeanor cost, Addison was suspended by the NFL earlier than Rice. Minnesota’s younger WR will miss the primary three video games of the 2025 season.
Mike Florio weighed in on what he believes the size of Rashee Rice’s suspension might be.
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Whereas Addison is out, Rashee Rice is conveniently obtainable for Kansas Metropolis. NFL insider Mike Florio doesn’t perceive why the league has delayed Rice’s disciplinary listening to. He argued that the league is ensuring rice is obtainable for the three high-profile video games the Chiefs have within the first 4 weeks. Kansas Metropolis begins the season on the street in Brazil for a neutral-site recreation with the Chargers.
In Week 2, the Chiefs are at residence to face the Philadelphia Eagles, a Tremendous Bowl rematch. For Week 3, the Chiefs are again at residence to face Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Rashee Rice might be obtainable for all of these contests. Mike Florio reported that he believes Rashee Rice’s suspension might be six-to-ten weeks. We’ll understand how a lot time Rice will miss when he has his disciplinary listening to on September 30.
