Have you been cut off on a highway or even main intersection by a driver who drives their car like they are on a ski run? If the cars were trees as they hit high speeds weave in and out of traffic. When will young professional athletes with their sudden riches learn their first sports car they buy is not a toy and that the highways are not their days of thunder? In the NFL, Henry Ruggs a few years back was driving intoxicated. He was a wide receiver for the Vegas Raiders driving his ride at high speeds with his pregnant girlfriend in the car after a night out. Ruggs’ football career is over and he is in jail because his actions killed someone. In late March, the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver was involved in a six car crash for taking his Lamborghini to 119 MPH as he was racing his former college football teammate from SMU, Theodore Knox, who was driving a corvette. Nobody was hurt but people were seriously hurt. Rice was an unsung hero for the Chiefs Superbowl run last season. To make matters worse, Rice is in hot water recently for hitting a photographer at a Dallas night club in recent news. Does Rice know his wide receiving position is expendable as the Chiefs already drafted most likely his replacement?

Rashee Rice “Grand Prix Race” faces 8 charges as the list features 6 counts of collision involving bodily injury. He is facing one count of collision involving serious bodily injury. Then one count of aggravated assault. The list of injuries from the wreckage include multiple contusions, internal bleeding, lacerations to the face that require stitches, disfigurement, and trauma to the brain. That rookie contract of Rice better hope the Lamborghini did not bleed his bank account dry because they are going to sue him for actions as he drove on the shoulder of the road. He lost control of his car as he spun out of control causing this pile up. Rice turned himself in and said the right things about taking full responsibility for his own actions. SMU has already suspended Rice’s friend Theodore Knox as the university frowns upon their students making the school look bad with their actions. For Rice you better believe the NFL will come down on the wide receiver with a suspension of their own. Then going out to hit the night clubs after you’re already in hot water is not going to help. The cherry on the sundae was striking a photographer who probably had him right in his lens cap like a sniper hitting their target.

The Kansas City Chiefs during regular season were having problems with their wide receiver core. The dropped balls. The lack of a big play guy that Patrick Mahomes always had besides his security blanket, Travis Kelce. Rashee Rice was a rookie last year as he was drafted in the 3rd round out of SMU 55th overall. Rice kept improving as the season went on. He caught 79 balls in regular season for 938 yards and had 7 touchdowns which is pretty good stuff. Rice became Mahomes’ number 1 target out of all his wide receiver playmakers. Rice and Mahomes connected at the end of the regular season and it carried over through post-season. The Chiefs defended their Superbowl title successfully and now have won back to back titles. In year one, Rice emerges as the number guy in the receivers room. He is playing with the best quarterback in the NFL. He has earned a Superbowl ring in his first year in the league. This is quite the chapter this kid is writing for himself. One season & sky is the limit.

The need for speed for some is like a drug for others. This situation may have been who has the biggest manhood under the hood of the car. Who would not want to have a sports car? Who would not want to feel how fast she goes? Sometimes the one brain cell these meat heads have has to think out of the box. They are lucky to get paid millions of dollars to play a game. Don’t get me wrong. These guys work hard to become the best in their game. I know young people are stupid. I was there before. How quickly in sports you can become expendable. Injuries derail many. Age. The cheaters that are caught with performing enhancing drugs. The players who make more money than you and me in ten lifetimes combined. They drink & then drive. Guys that can afford Uber, personal drivers, car shares, and a limo if needed. The NFL stands for Not For Long. I guess at least Rice did not beat up his girlfriend like many NFL players do. He could have taken a life riding recklessly like he did. Now the hot water is boiling Rice. He struck a guy in a club that was probably looking to exploit him from having a good time. Obviously he did not learn. With Andy Reid as your head coach, the Chiefs selected speedster wide receiver Xavier Worthy who most likely will replace Rice. For the Chiefs this is business as usual. They have won before without Rice & they will win again. This is the big leagues now where teams can easily move on especially with Mahomes as your quarterback. SMU is located in Texas. Worthy hails from the University of Texas. Rice may in fact come back after all this is over and fit right back in like nothing has happened. It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s playing in a different uniform when it’s all said and done.