It was a sight no one on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs needed to see.
Patrick Mahomes hobbled off the sector within the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 21-7 win over the Cleveland Browns with a proper ankle harm and didn’t return.
“It’s not broken but it’s sore,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid stated afterward. “He’ll get started on the rehab part of it as we go, and then we’ll just have to see how he does down the road here.”
The harm occurred with 7:57 remaining within the recreation when Mahomes leaped as he tried to finish a fourth-down move whereas beneath strain. Browns defensive sort out Dalvin Tomlinson wrapped up Mahomes’ legs whereas fellow lineman Mike Corridor Jr. laid a success on the quarterback.
Mahomes, 29, limped to the sideline at Cleveland’s Huntington Financial institution Subject, then remained there for the Chiefs’ final two offensive possessions as Carson Wentz took over at quarterback.
After the sport, Mahomes gave the impression to be strolling gingerly on the sector. As soon as inside, Mahomes was seen strolling out of the locker room beneath his personal energy earlier than getting on a cart.
Reid instructed Mahomes might have gone again into the sport and described the quarterback as day-to-day.
“I don’t know how much swelling he has or any of that,” Reid stated.
Mahomes, a three-time Tremendous Bowl champion, completed the sport 19-of-38 for 159 yards and two touchdowns because the Chiefs improved to 13-1. The 2-time NFL MVP has not missed a recreation resulting from harm since 2019.
Kansas Metropolis is looking for to turn out to be the primary staff in NFL historical past to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls.
The Chiefs are set to host the Houston Texans on Saturday.