Ray Rice tells ‘Today’ show he had ‘one bad night,’ hopes for 2nd chance from an NFL team

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In this image from video provided by The Today Show, host Matt Lauer, left, interviews Janay Rice, holding daughter Rayven, and Ray Rice. Joining them are Janay\'s parents, Candy and Joe Palmer, right. Janay Rice says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wasn\'t being honest when he said Ray Rice was "ambiguous" about hitting her in a casino elevator. (AP Photo/The Today Show)

Ray Rice says that an NFL team “would have to be willing to look deeper into who I am and realize that me and my wife had one bad night.”

The former Ravens running back told NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday “the only thing I can hope for and wish for is a second chance.”

An arbitrator threw out Rice’s indefinite suspension last Friday, making him a free agent. But no franchise may be willing to sign the three-time Pro Bowl pick after seeing the in-elevator video of Rice striking his-then fiancee.

Rice says: “I took full responsibility for everything that I did.”

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