Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are monitoring his injury ‘day-by-day’ with a judgement on Saturday’s game against the Houston Texans still hanging in the balance.
Mahomes limped off during the fourth quarter of the Chiefs win over the Cleveland Browns Sunday when he rolled his ankle while being tackled by Dalvin Tomlinson on a fourth-down incompletion.
Carson Wentz replaced the three-time Super Bowl winner, who was later confirmed to have suffered a high-ankle sprain.
However, the Chiefs haven’t ruled out the quarterback for this weekend’s clash against the Houston Texans with the No. 1 seed still on the line.
Head coach Andy Reid indicated that Mahomes would practice Tuesday, with the Chiefs taking their game decision ‘day-by-day.’
And Mahomes echoed his coach. He said that he would take Tuesday’s training as an indicator for the health of his ankle but admitted that he’s always driven to push himself to play.
Patrick Mahomes sustained a high-ankle sprain during the Chiefs win over the Browns
Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid (pictured) said they would take the injury ‘day-by-day’
The three-time Super Bowl winner (15) limps off the field with help from teammates
‘The reason you play this game is to push to play, so I’ll get to work at practice and try to push it to see where I can get to,’ Mahomes told reporters in a press conference Tuesday.
‘But I’m not going to put our team in a bad position, so if I can play and go out there and win a Football game, I’ll play. If I don’t feel like it’s the best scenario, I’ll let guys like Carson play.’
Coach Reid insisted that he will remain in constant communication with Mahomes, the doctors and the team’s trainers throughout the week to monitor the signal caller’s condition.
‘We’ll see how it works out for him, and If he can’t work… then Carson will take those reps that Pat doesn’t,’ Reid added.
But the 66-year-old assured fans that if Mahomes can go, ‘he’ll go.’
Following Sunday’s game, Mahomes had said X-rays were negative. He said he would have lobbied harder to stay in if the Browns had gotten within one score.
Before Wentz went in, Mahomes had his left ankle re-taped while on the bench. He walked gingerly off the field but didn’t favor it while in the locker room or going to his postgame news conference. He was driven to the Chiefs’ buses on a cart.
The Chiefs are poised to enter the home stretch of the regular season with a busy festive schedule.
The 13-1 Chiefs will host the Houston Texans on Saturday as Kansas City tries to lock down homefield advantage for the upcoming playoffs.
Just four days later, they will face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a Christmas Day matchup.
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