ss NFL BREAKING NEWS: Kansas City Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy officially announced the big news – Rashee Rice will return in Week 7, promising an explosion to help Mahomes and the red-gold team reaffirm the AFC throne! With the Worthy – Rice duo and Mahomes’ genius coordination ability, experts believe that the Chiefs are preparing for the most intense explosion since the beginning of the season, reaffirming their position as AFC’s leader. Arrowhead fans are ready for an emotional touchdown rain this weekend!

Kansas City Chiefs wide receivers Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy celebrate a 2024 touchdown.

After the news of Rashee Rice’s activation to the 53-man roster, it’s official, Week 7 will mark the first regular season NFL game where the Kansas City Chiefs have all three of their top wide receivers on the field together since Xavier Worthy and Hollywood Brown joined KC.

Clearly, Worthy is excited about that because he dropped an X message for the rest of the league on October 16.

“1+4=5 ,” Worthy posted on Tuesday of Week 7. Seemingly referencing the jersey numbers of himself (#1), Rice (#4), and Brown (#5), along with a ninja emoji to represent stealth.1+4=5 

Perhaps, this Chiefs WR corps feels like they’re being slept on heading into Week 7, but that’s a foolish notion if opposing defenses actually are.

Now healthy, Brown has averaged 50.3 yards per game with quarterback Patrick Mahomes in 2025, his best YPG average since 2022. Remember, Brown missed most of the 2024 campaign with a shoulder injury.

It was Worthy’s turn to pick up a shoulder injury this season, but the former first-round pick has started the past three games and done well.  His top performance was a 5-for-83 outing against the Baltimore Ravens.

Rice has not taken the field — outside of OTAs, training camp and the preseason — since September of 2024. The combined year-plus hiatus stemmed from the perfect storm of knee surgery and a six-game suspension.

It’s easy to forget that Rice was averaging 96.0 yards per game over the first three weeks of 2024, and that was without Brown suiting up beside him. He was injured in Week 4 before registering a catch.

In Week 7 versus the division rival Las Vegas Raiders, the Chiefs will line up Rice, Worthy, Brown and superstar tight end Travis Kelce, not to mention several other lesser playmakers. It’s going to be fun to see how Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid utilize everyone all at once.

GettyKansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy rocking a Rashee Rice shirt.

Brown talked about the Chiefs’ new mantra after the Week 6 victory over the Detroit Lions: “Everybody’s gotta eat.”

It’s no coincidence that Rice cryptically posted the same catch phrase on social media on October 8.

The Chiefs have adopted this mentality, and it shows how unselfish this group is. Whether it’s Kelce, Rice, Worthy, Brown, Tyquan Thornton, JuJu Smith-Schuster, or the running back crew, it’s becoming more and more difficult for opposing defenses to guard everyone.

Based on that, in theory, everybody will “eat” at some point, and Mahomes should benefit most of all.

The two-time NFL MVP is great at spreading the football around, and he should be able to do that now more than ever. It all begins in Week 7.

In other news, recent Chiefs wide receiver cut Jason Brownlee cleared waivers on October 14, per KSHB 41 beat reporter Nick Jacobs. He was waived the day before, on October 13, as Rice took his place on the active roster.

Brownlee is now free to sign anywhere he wants. He could rejoin the Chiefs’ practice squad in short order, or if he feels there is a better opportunity elsewhere, he could elect to skip town for another offer.

Jacobs did not announce that Brownlee is re-signing in KC, so there’s a chance Brownlee is weighing his options.

On October 14, after clearing waivers, the 26-year-old wideout expressed the following message on X: “My story gone end legendary  #x.”

Michael Obermuller covers the NFL for Heavy Sports, where he began writing in 2021. His areas of focus include the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Steelers, with expert knowledge on each based on years of coverage. Michael is an NYC area native and Quinnipiac graduate. More about Michael Obermuller.