Two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes is working to recover from a mild high-ankle sprain ahead of the Chiefs' game against Houston on Saturday. He's determined to play unless his ankle puts him or the team at a disadvantage.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is preparing to play against Houston on Saturday, unless his ailing ankle puts the two-time MVP in such a precarious position that he can’t protect himself or he “puts the football team in a bad position.” Mahomes sustained a mild high-ankle sprain late in a 21-7 win in Cleveland on Sunday.
He began to receive treatment on the plane ride home – “I wasn’t do high-knees or anything like that,” he quipped – and spent more than 12 hours getting additional work on it at the practice facility Monday, even though most of the team was given the day off.“You don’t want to go out there and put yourself in harm’s way. It’s football. You’re going to take hits. But you want to be able to protect yourself,” Mahomes said. “And I don’t want to limit the game plan. I want to be able to move around the pocket.” Mahomes has plenty of experience with ankle injuries to draw from. He sustained a similar one against Jacksonville in Week 1 of the 2019 season, then a more serious one against the Jaguars in the 2022 playoffs. In that case, he was unable to end the game but got enough treatment to play against Cincinnati for the AFC title and Philadelphia in the Super Bowl. “Jacksonville was worse. That one was pretty significant,” Mahomes said. “Obviously it’s responded better, quicker. That would be the best thing to say. But I want to be in a better spot than I was that next game going up against the Bengals.” Mahomes has the luxury of time that he didn’t have two years ago. The Chiefs already have clinched the AFC West title and a spot in the playoffs, and he could conceivably miss a game or two if it meant being fully healthy for the postseaso
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