Rashee Rice — Week 2: Four Catches, Eighty-Three Yards
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Sep 21
Rice caught four of six targets for 83 yards and three first downs, with catches of 30, 16 and 31 yards; the 31-yarder reached the Indianapolis 23 with three seconds left in regulation. Both of his third-down targets failed to convert. Six targets were fourth on the Chiefs behind Travis Kelce's 11, Kenneth Walker's 10 and Xavier Worthy's 7, in a 33–30 overtime win over the Colts.
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27 all, three seconds left in regulation, first and 10 at the Kansas City 46. Patrick Mahomes threw short middle to Rashee Rice, six yards in the air, and Rice took it 31 yards to the Indianapolis 23. Both teams used their last timeout before the snap, and the play-by-play carries no further snap before overtime. It was the last of five snaps that moved Kansas City 61 yards in 21 seconds, and the longest Rice catch of the young season.
The line: six targets, four catches, 83 yards, no touchdown, three first downs, +1.3 expected points added on the targets — expected points added is what a play was worth given down, distance and field position. 45 air yards on the six throws, and 51 of the 83 yards came after the catch. The catches: 30 yards on first and 10 from the Kansas City 30 with 14 43 left in the second quarter, tied at 10, 14 in the air, on the first snap after Emmett Johnson's kickoff return, worth +1.7; 16 on second and 14 from the Kansas City 26 with eight 25 left in the half, down 13 to 10, labeled deep middle, also +1.7, on the drive that ended in Xavier Worthy's touchdown; six on third and 12 at the Indianapolis 16 on the first snap of the fourth quarter, short of the line to gain, and the Chiefs kicked a field goal; and the 31. The two incompletions: second and two with 54 seconds left in the half, DeForest Buckner credited on the breakup, and third and seven at the Kansas City 42 with three 28 left in regulation, tied at 27, Kapena Gushiken credited, followed by a punt. Two third-down targets, one catch, no conversions. Three targets before halftime, three after, none in overtime.
Six targets were fourth on the team, behind Travis Kelce's 11, Kenneth Walker's 10 and Worthy's seven, on 43 credited targets, a share of 14 percent. 83 yards were third, behind Kelce's hundred one and Tyquan Thornton's 86.
Back in June the preview leaned watchlist on Rice — the thirteenth receiver off the board, on a per-game rate that ranked fifth at the position but was built on eight games and nearly 10 targets a game — and named two things to watch: any league or court news first, then the target share in a full receiver room. Week 1 was two targets, both caught, one a touchdown, on a night with 27 throws. Sunday night there were 47 throws and his count was six. Eight targets in two games is a long way from the rate the preview was built on, and it is no longer only a run-heavy script explaining it. What he does with them is intact: six catches on eight targets, a hundred two yards. Two games settle little; the share is the number to keep reading. The Chiefs are at the Dolphins on Sunday the 20-seventh.
_Data via nflverse._
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