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NFL Headlines podcast Michael Roberson: Chiefs Rice agrees to six week suspension will return Oct 19th; Jags Hunter to return for opener against Panthers; plus more news

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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will miss the first six weeks of the NFL season due to a personal conduct violation policy and is expected to return Oct 19, 2025 for week seven against the Las Vegas Raiders. (AP News photo)

Headline Sports podcast Michael Roberson:

#1 Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has agreed to a six game suspension for a personal conduct violation policy. Rice will begin serving his suspension week 1 of the regular season. Rice will return for Oct 19’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Rice will be attending a disciplinary hearing on Sep 30th. Rice pleaded guilty in mid July on third degree felony charges in car crash that left serious bodily injuries. Rice received a sentence of five years and had his probation deferred probation and got 30 days jail as part of his probation.

#2 Jacksonville Jaguars receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter who had been dealing with upper body injury issues since Aug 14 is reportedly to be healthy and is expected to play against the Carolina Panthers on Sun Sep 7th according to Jags general manager James Gladstone. Hunter had practiced in individual practices but did not play in the last two pre season games.

#3 The New England Patriots improved on their quarterback depth chart picking up former New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito on waivers on Wednesday. The Patriots released wide receiver Kendrick Bourne after contract talks broke down. Devito was a fan favorite with Giants fans who joined the Giants as a undrafted free agent in 2023. DeVito now joins the Pats starter Drake Maye and back up quarterback Joshua Dobbs.

  #4 Adam Thielen was brought back to his native state of Minnesota and where he played most of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings. Thielen was traded from the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers will receive from the Vikings the 2026 fifth round pick, the 2027 fourth round pick. While the Vikings get Thielen, a conditional 2026 seventh round pick and a 2027 fifth round pick.

#5 The San Francisco 49ers hold out wide receiver Jauan Jennings who is requesting a contract extension or be traded but the 49ers who noted for being a very tough negotiating partner and 49ers general manager John Lynch said the team has no intention of trading Jennings. Jennings back in July left the 49ers camp on the fourth day of camp due to a calf injury and never returned. Lynch said of Jennings trade request that he had asked for it and Lynch said their not doing it and the team plans to move on.

Michael Roberson filled in for Jessica Kwong on the NFL podcast heard every other Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

49ers set to square off against the Vikings in the NFC Divisional Round

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photo from mercurynews.com: Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) and quarterback Adam Cousins (8) both are jubilant following Cousins winning touchdown pass to Thielen in New Orleans last Sunday at the Superdome 

By Joe Hawkes
SRS Contributor

In the first game of Sunday’s NFC Wild Card matchup, the Minnesota Vikings stunned the New Orleans Saints, winning 26-20 in overtime to earn their first postseason road victory since Jan. 9, 2005. With the win, the Vikings will travel to Levi’s Stadium to face the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round.

The Vikings have now eliminated the Saints in two of the last three postseasons. For the Saints, it makes the third-straight postseason that they were bounced out of the playoffs on the game’s final play.

Minnesota won the toss in overtime and took the ball and never looked back. The key play for the Vikings was the 43-yard pass from Kirk Cousins to Adam Thielen to move Minnesota to the Saints’ 2-yard line. On 3rd-and-4, Cousins would find Kyle Rudolph in the left corner of the end zone for the game winning score and punching the Vikings’ (11-6) ticket to Santa Clara, Calif.

The sixth-seeded Vikings’ shocking upset over the heavily favored three-seeded Saints (13-4) was largely due to the play of Cousins, who completed 19-of-31 passes for 242 yards and a touchdown.

Thielen, who fumbled on the game’s opening drive, shook off the turnover to lead all Vikings pass catchers with seven catches for 129 yards. After missing the final two games of the season, running back Dalvin Cook returned to the lineup and rushed for 94 yards on 28 carries and two touchdowns. Cook also registered 36 receiving yards on three catches.

Minnesota’s offense racked up 22 first downs while racking up 362 net yards on the Saints in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

For the top-seeded 49ers (13-3), it is the first time that Levi’s Stadium gets to host a playoff game in the six years that the stadium has been opened. San Francisco, who earned a much needed first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs after taking down their bitter rival, the Seattle Seahawks in Week 17 at CenturyLink Field, won the NFC West for the first time since 2012.

That season, the 49ers would advance to Super Bowl XLVII.

San Francisco is getting healthy at the right time, as they expect linebacker Kwon Alexander (torn pectoral) and edge rusher Dee Ford back in the fold for the game. Alexander, who was cleared to practice this week, had been on Injured Reserve since Week 9.

Ford missed three weeks with lingering hamstring issues.

Safety Jaquiski Tartt, who missed the final four games of the year with a fractured rib, will be ready to go Saturday.

The 49ers are 4-0 all-time in the divisional round as a top seed. Kickoff for the 49ers’ first playoff game since 2013 is at 1:35 p.m. PT and will be on NBC with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth on the call. Michelle Tafoya will be reporting from the sidelines.