Kansas City has its WR1 back.
Chiefs' plans for post-suspension Rashee Rice playing time revealed originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Kansas City Chiefs have just begun to hit their groove.
And now, they get their number one wide receiver back.
Rashee Rice was suspended for six games to begin the season, but the Chiefs are now heading into Week 7, and Rice is set to take the field.
There have been some questions about the Chiefs easing Rice back into things, but that doesn't sound like it's in the cards.
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How much will Rashee Rice play in Week 7?
ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports that Rice should see a full workload right out of the gate.
"The Chiefs won't be easing Rashee Rice back into action," Fowler writes. "They will be allocating a heavy workload for him as soon as possible. Rice, who returns from suspension this week, has been in the building for weeks, had an excellent training camp and is in peak physical shape. A team source says Rice will be "full bore" this week as he gets back onto the practice field. The Chiefs have long envisioned an offense with a receiving trio of Rice, Xavier Worthy and Hollywood Brown on the same field, with Tyquan Thornton and JuJu Smith-Schuster as complementary guys. That's a really strong five-man receiving group."
For anyone using Rice in fantasy football, it sounds safe to fire him back up into your lineups for this week.
And in that fantasy vein, it's definitely a knock to any potential value of Hollywood Brown in particular (along with Tyquan Thornton). It's probably safe to use Worthy as you have been, given that he is more big-play dependent, anyway.
The Chiefs started the season slow, but Rice is back at the perfect time. They're on a roll now.
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