Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs received bad news last week, when they found out wide receiver Rashee Rice will have to serve a six-game suspension at the start of the 2025 NFL season.

It was an unexpected turn of events in Kansas City, since word on the street was that Rice wouldn’t have his hearing with the league until September 30. That would’ve made him eligible for at least the first four games of the year.

Rice was involved in a multicar crash in Dallas last year, but the NFL waited for a sentence before deciding his punishment for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. After pleading guilty to two third-degree felony charges, Rice was sentenced to 30 days of jail time and five years’ probation. And instead of waiting for a hearing with the NFL, he chose to ser

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