The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to make a trade to fill in for injured wide receiver Rashee Rice, but they are not expected to acquire the Las Vegas Raiders at large for Davante Adams, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported.

Rice was placed on injured reserve Thursday with a knee injury. It is not yet clear whether he will return this season.

Adams requested a trade from the Raiders earlier this week, but the Chiefs would struggle to make room for his cap hit, Schefter reported. Kansas City has less than $4.8 million available, per Over the Cap.

Adams’ cap hit will amount to the amount remaining on his contract at the time of the trade. That figure is expected to drop to around $12.2 million, down from his season-opening $16.89, but enough to necessitate some salary maneuvering if the Chiefs pursue him after the Raiders’ Week 5 game on Sunday.

Schefter added that Adams “might not be excited about playing in Kansas City” because he received misdemeanor charges that were later dropped after he shoved a media member after a game at Arrowhead Stadium in October 2022.

Another obstacle to a Chiefs-Adams deal could be the timing of the transaction.

The Chiefs want to wait to learn more about Rice’s injury before taking action, Schefter reported, and the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport recently wrote that Adams trade talks are “expected to accelerate Monday and Tuesday.”

Considering Rapoport and Schefter have reported that the New York Jets, New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers are interested in the Raiders star, the Chiefs could miss the window of his availability as they wait for more information on the recovery timeline of Rice.

Rapoport reported Saturday that Rice will undergo an “arthroscopic procedure” early this week to determine the extent of the injury he suffered in the Chiefs’ Week 4 win over the Los Angeles Chargers last Sunday.

According to Rapoport, Rice’s potential recovery time could range from four to six weeks to nine months. The Chiefs will wait until they know which end of that timeline Rice is closer to before making a move, Schefter said.

Schefter mentioned Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins as a possible target for the Chiefs. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Saturday that Kansas City was “keen” to sign Hopkins in free agency before the 2023 season.

Should the Jets succeed in trading for Adams, the Chiefs could alternately pursue a New York receiver like Garrett Wilson or Allen Lazard, Schefter noted.

With Marquise Brown out for the season and Rice, who leads the team with 288 receiving yards, sidelined for the foreseeable future if not the rest of the season, the Chiefs are likely on track to sign a new wideout midseason to make. What that trade looks like will depend on what news Kansas City receives next week regarding Rice’s injury.