Rashee Rice charged in connection to accident - Now being investigated for assault

[Sierra Foothills]

18 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

Like Gunner said, Hoecht was signed to a 3 year deal. Is the suspension annoying? Yeah. But that's just 6 games out of 3 full seasons under contract. I would have still signed him. Ogunjobi though on a 1 year deal? That's a different story.

 

Barring injuries, Hoecht can possibly play in 45 of 51 games which is 88%.

 

Ogunjobi can possibly play in 11 of 17 which is 65%.

 

9 minutes ago, Doc said:

I get that. As I said to GB, I would’ve offered Ogunjobi less money.  But the deal is done. 

 

Ogunjobi signed a revised (reduced) contract with the Bills after his suspension was disclosed.

 

[BillsFanForever19]

32 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

Ogunjobi signed a revised (reduced) contract with the Bills after his suspension was disclosed.

 

They should have revised it more. At least at the guaranteed money level. 5.42m guaranteed on a 6.69 contract makes his deal almost fully guaranteed. I may have still signed him. But i'd have given myself more of an out in case the Draft board fell a certain way, or someone became available after the Draft that we could have all year, and/or another issue with him pops up. 

 

If he or his agent balked at it, i'd have said "go out there and see what you can get after your suspension was announced and give us a call back with those numbers". I wouldn't have guaranteed more than 3m.

Edited May 17 by BillsFanForever19

[Mr. WEO]

2 hours ago, Doc said:

LOL!  Doesn’t matter what I’m sure of. The Bills knew they were going to get suspended and still signed them so I’m sure they believe they will produce.  Now we just have to wait to see if that proves to be true. 

 

True it doesn’t matter as far as the league is concerned because players are ultimately responsible for what they put in their bodies. And again, as I said, regardless of how it happened, the Bills may feel that getting 11+ games out of them is worth it. I don’t know.

 

Truer words never typed---but it should go without saying that  It's not "still a win" if they turn out to be duds. 

 

They only knew about one suspension before signing. 

 

 

[Doc]

1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

Truer words never typed---but it should go without saying that  It's not "still a win" if they turn out to be duds. 

 

They only knew about one suspension before signing.

 

Yeah you're right.  It didn't need to be said.

 

[T master]

On 5/16/2025 at 10:43 PM, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

This is again assuming he's telling the truth. Again, *every* single person who gets busted for PED's has a similar story. Bc of that, no one really gets the benefit of the doubt. 

 

Even if he is telling the truth, he's just as much to blame. You know that there's a laundry list of things that will get you suspended. You shouldn't put any foreign substance in your body, supplement or not, without knowing every ingredient that's in it. Simply trusting someone else, an employee, a friend, whomever - and not looking into it yourself is DUMB! 

 

I can't roll my eyes harder at the "oh it wasn't my fault, it was my trainers fault". You're a grown ass adult. A Professional Football player. In a league where you're being regularly tested. And you're just blindly ingesting things? 

 

So then what you are telling me is that your employer should in no way shape or form trust you to do your job and should install a camera where ever it is that you do your job and video every single thing you do or stand over you to baby sit and make sure your doing EXACTLY what you were hired to do & no amount of trust should enter into your agreement of what you are hired and PAID to do ???

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

2 minutes ago, T master said:

 

So then what you are telling me is that your employer should in no way shape or form trust you to do your job and should install a camera where ever it is that you do your job and video every single thing you do or stand over you to baby sit and make sure your doing EXACTLY what you were hired to do & no amount of trust should enter into your agreement of what you are hired and PAID to do ???

 

Sounds like what most armchair analysts here do. 🤔😁

[BarleyNY]

15 minutes ago, T master said:

 

So then what you are telling me is that your employer should in no way shape or form trust you to do your job and should install a camera where ever it is that you do your job and video every single thing you do or stand over you to baby sit and make sure your doing EXACTLY what you were hired to do & no amount of trust should enter into your agreement of what you are hired and PAID to do ???

 

 

I think what he’s saying is the same thing I have said repeatedly. Every single player busted for PEDs has a similar story and they are - probably without exception - complete BS. It’s an arms race. New, illegal drugs and masking agents come out, then tests get better and pick them up. Careers and millions (if not tens of millions) of dollars are on the line. That’s why players risk taking them. It’s basic economics. 

Edited May 20 by BarleyNY

[Billl]

48 minutes ago, T master said:

 

So then what you are telling me is that your employer should in no way shape or form trust you to do your job and should install a camera where ever it is that you do your job and video every single thing you do or stand over you to baby sit and make sure your doing EXACTLY what you were hired to do & no amount of trust should enter into your agreement of what you are hired and PAID to do ???

 

There’s basically two schools of thought here.  One is that players are responsible for they put in their bodies.  The other is that players aren’t responsible for what they put in their bodies.  You seem to subscribe to the latter.

[BillsFanForever19]

7 hours ago, T master said:

 

So then what you are telling me is that your employer should in no way shape or form trust you to do your job and should install a camera where ever it is that you do your job and video every single thing you do or stand over you to baby sit and make sure your doing EXACTLY what you were hired to do & no amount of trust should enter into your agreement of what you are hired and PAID to do ???

 

You seem to be missing the plot and projecting some sort of real world 9-5 issue with the workforce or something? Idk it's really confusing. I've mostly tried to ignore it bc it's not remotely comparable or really has anything to do with the situation. But you keep harping on it, so I guess I'll play along...

 

The NFL is not comparable to an everyday job. There's really no scenario where your employer comes to you and goes "hey, so I need you to do this thing for me and when you're done, I'm going to bring it to my bosses and if it's no good, it's going to get me suspended and cost me millions of dollars. I'm putting it all on you to do and I'm not even going to bother to look it over before I go in there".

 

Best believe in that scenario with so much on the line, they'd take it upon themselves to do, keep an eye on what they're doing, or *at the very least*, look it over before going in and it passing or failing. And in the end, if the employer was so careless as to not do those things, the responsibility and onus would fall on them and they'd be punished for the results, just like Hoecht was.

 

There's no way no matter how you spin this and what you compare it to that Hoecht has no blame, isn't at least an idiot, and at most a cheater. Even if his "employee" was at fault, the ultimate fault and responsibility falls on Hoecht. As it should.

Edited May 20 by BillsFanForever19

[Augie]

On 5/17/2025 at 6:16 PM, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

They should have revised it more. At least at the guaranteed money level. 5.42m guaranteed on a 6.69 contract makes his deal almost fully guaranteed. I may have still signed him. But i'd have given myself more of an out in case the Draft board fell a certain way, or someone became available after the Draft that we could have all year, and/or another issue with him pops up. 

 

If he or his agent balked at it, i'd have said "go out there and see what you can get after your suspension was announced and give us a call back with those numbers". I wouldn't have guaranteed more than 3m.

 

I think the Bills came out and said that by the time they learned of it, there was very little left on the DT market and they felt their best option was just to proceed. I obviously don’t like it either, but both the team and the player felt it was still the thing to do. They know a lot more about how it went down than I do. 🤷‍♂️

[TBBills Fan]

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/chiefs-rashee-rice-faces-shocking-231647172.html

 

Rashee Rice agreed to pay 1 million in settlement but has not paid it...and he has court on that in January 2026

 

Also, I am reading a jury trial date is moving forward Jan 2026!  However it is a civil trial. We're the criminal charges dropped?

 

Another article...

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/kansas-city-chiefs-rashee-rice-court-date-announced-after-frightening-six-car-crash

Edited 5 hours ago by TBBills Fan

[Fleezoid]

What a piece of trash. He bought out the civil suit and didn't pay it. And he'll probably get a new, lucrative contract before the criminal case is resolved and any league suspension is handed out. 

[JP51]

14 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/chiefs-rashee-rice-faces-shocking-231647172.html

 

Rashee Rice agreed to pay 1 million in settlement but has not paid it...and he has court on that in January 2026

 

Also, I am reading a jury trial date is moving forward Jan 2026!  However it is a civil trial. We're the criminal charges dropped?

 

Another article...

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/kansas-city-chiefs-rashee-rice-court-date-announced-after-frightening-six-car-crash

I am not sure I am reading that the article say he faces 

 

Rice also faces one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury.

 

That sounds like a criminal trial to me... I think he knows he will be found criminally negligent to some point...  I think the attempt to settle was that he loses leverage if he is found guilty and likely has to pay more... I am not an attorney this is just my guess..  maybe someone with more understanding of the process can shed light.

[TBBills Fan]

1 hour ago, JP51 said:

I am not sure I am reading that the article say he faces 

 

Rice also faces one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury.

 

That sounds like a criminal trial to me... I think he knows he will be found criminally negligent to some point...  I think the attempt to settle was that he loses leverage if he is found guilty and likely has to pay more... I am not an attorney this is just my guess..  maybe someone with more understanding of the process can shed light.

Yeah I'm reading that. So it looks like a civil suit regarding his not paying the agreed amount in mediation is going to court Jan 2026

 

But there is nothing out there about the criminal case. 

 

Someone mentioned to me earlier his attorney t's Jerry Jones attorney and also a senator I. Texas.  The length of time on this criminal case going nowhere is raising my eyebrow  about what is going on with that

[FLFan]

On 5/17/2025 at 8:07 PM, Mr. WEO said:

 

Truer words never typed---but it should go without saying that  It's not "still a win" if they turn out to be duds. 

 

They only knew about one suspension before signing. 

 

 

They knew about both before signing.  In Hoecht’s case, he was notified earlier and it was disclosed  and discussed with the Bills up front.  In the other case, he found out prior to signing, disclosed it to the team, and the contract was renegotiated before signing.  Agreed we do not know how either will perform and how big a deal this will ultimately be, but nobody was blindsided or lied to here.