KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With Marquise Brown out with an injury and Travis Kelce off to a slow start, the Kansas City Chiefs needed wide receiver Rashee Rice to be better than he was as a rookie last season.
Through three games, he has delivered. Rice is third in the NFL in catches (24) and fourth in yards (288) and the 3-0 Chiefs have no stronger candidate to be their early-season MVP.
"He's a complete receiver,'' quarterback Patrick Mahomes said. "He's getting better and better and he can do it all.