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WR Rashee Rice made some big plays, but his route share slipped to 73% (down from 84% in Week 1) and he's been targeted on just 13% of routes this year, no longer looking like the priority that he was in 2024 and 2025 when healthy. Rice's target rate will improve some, and the route share slippage might just be a one-week thing. But I do think it's clear that he's not going to pile up gimme targets the way he did the past couple years; the Chiefs have other things they want to do on offense now.
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Rice's declining route and target share signal a reduced role compared to prior seasons.

Rice's route share slipped to 73% (down from 84% in Week 1) and he's been targeted on just 13% of routes through two weeks. The source notes he's 'no longer looking like the priority that he was in 2024 and 2025 when healthy' and that 'he's not going to pile up gimme targets the way he did the past couple years; the Chiefs have other things they want to do on offense now.' Rice faced two suboptimal matchups against man-coverage defenses (he's typically a zone-beater), but the source advises keeping him in lineups for Week 3 unless a better option like Jalen Coker is available, questioning if he can rebound to be a WR2 or WR3.

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