Chiefs WR Rashee Rice leaves Patrick Mahomes, fans stunned with 4th Down drop

Rashee Rice picked a brutal time to have a lapse. With the Kansas City Chiefs trying to claw their way back against the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football, Patrick Mahomes got exactly what he wanted on a pivotal fourth-and-4 from the Texans’ 41-yard line. The quarterback stepped up in a clean pocket, slid to his right, and fired a strike to Rashee Rice, who broke open underneath the sticks.

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And then the ball just… hit the turf. The NFL’s clip of the play shows it clearly, one defender ripping at Rice’s hands after he dropped the catch, no awkward adjustment, just a catch he has to make in that spot. Instead, the drop turned the ball over on downs and handed the Houston Texans another momentum swing in a game where the Chiefs’ margin for error already felt tiny.

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