Patrick Mahomes on colliding with Rashee Rice: ‘I felt like s–t that I hit Rashee’.
Patrick Mahomes addressed his guilt regarding Rashee Rice’s potentially season-ending injury after colliding with the young receiver last week.
Patrick Mahomes made a bad start to Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers disastrously worse, throwing a mystifying interception and, in attempting to undercut the return man, barrelled into Chiefs teammate Rashee Rice’s knee.
And while Rice’s prognosis appears somewhat improved from gloomy post-game expectations, Mahomes continues to feel remorse for his role in the incident.
“I didn’t notice it in the moment, I more worried about trying to get the ball,” Mahomes said. “But obviously, was just trying to make a play and it happens whenever you’re trying to make tackles.
“I mean, when I saw the replay, I felt like s— that I hit Rashee,” he added. “I think that’s pretty much all — I mean, I wasn’t worried about myself. I was worried about, hopefully, his injury and hoping it wasn’t as bad as it looked because I was the one that hit him.”