The Kansas City Chiefs were faced with quite a concerning situation on Saturday afternoon when starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a leg injury early in the team’s Division Round playoff win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. But even though he returned to the game and the X-Rays were negative, that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be available or fully healthy next week.
After the game, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid would not offer any commitment or speculation about the availability of Patrick Mahomes at practice this week or in next week’s AFC Championship Game.
“I don’t want to jump to things right now,” Reid said. “Let’s just see how it goes here the next couple days. It’s going to be sore, I know. Let’s see where he’s at. He’s had this before, and he was able to keep pushing through — actually, against Jacksonville a couple years ago. The same type of deal. He pushed through that. The main thing is that he’s as safe as you could be on a football field. That’s the important thing.”
Mahomes sounded quite insistent that he will be ready to play in next week’s game, and it’s difficult to imagine that he won’t play if he’s medically cleared. However, it’s doubtful that Mahomes will be 100 percent healthy and he will likely be limited in practice this week as the Chiefs prepare for the AFC title game.
