MRI reveals extent of Patrick Mahomes injury after Chiefs playoff scare

Patrick Mahomes is anticipated to play within the AFC Championship sport, however is probably not at full power.

In response to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, an MRI on Sunday confirmed that Mahomes suffered a high-ankle sprain in opposition to the Jaguars. and that Mahomes plans to play in subsequent Sunday’s AFC title sport. Mahomes completed out the 27-20 victory 22-for-30 passing with 195 yards and two touchdowns, although he appeared to wrestle on his injured proper leg.

A high-ankle sprain is normally considered as a extra severe damage, however through the playoffs, it’s not stunning that Mahomes will attempt to play by way of it. The 27-year-old informed NBC after Saturday’s win that he’ll be “good to go,” and elaborated on the damage throughout his postgame press convention.

“It feels higher than I assumed it was going to be now,” Mahomes mentioned, in line with ESPN. “Clearly, I’ve a whole lot of adrenaline going proper now, so we’ll see the way it feels. However I’ll hop proper within the remedy and attempt to do no matter I can to be as near one hundred pc by subsequent week. Fortunately for us, we performed the early sport on Saturday, so we get an additional nearly half a day that I can let that ankle relaxation.”

Chad Henne did make a short cameo on Saturday, finishing 5 of seven passes for 23 yards and a landing. Henne appeared in three regular-season video games this yr and began one sport for the Chiefs in 2020.

The Chiefs will play the winner of the Bengals-Payments sport Sunday afternoon. The AFC title sport might be in Kansas Metropolis if the Bengals win, however might be at a impartial website in Atlanta if the Payments win.