Patrick Mahomes suffers excessive ankle sprain to steer Chiefs to victory over Texans

Patrick Mahomes stays undefeated against ankle injuries.

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star quarterback took the field Saturday, battling again from a sprained ankle to earn a 27-19 victory over the Houston Texans. Mahomes handed for 260 yards with one landing go and one landing run.

Mahomes was by no means assured to play after leaving final Sunday’s sport towards the Cleveland Browns with a sprain. However that did not even cease him from lacking a observe this week, as Mahomes adopted his typical routine regardless of the harm.

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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a go through the first half towards the Houston Texans at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Photographs)

It was acquainted territory for the three-time Tremendous Bowl champion. Mahomes suffered a sprained ankle within the 2022 playoffs, when he returned within the AFC Championship from harm to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, then performed two weeks later to beat the Eagles from Philadelphia to the Tremendous Bowl.

Mahomes’ most up-to-date ankle sprain is claimed to be gentle, and it sometimes takes one other two to 4 weeks to completely heal. Nonetheless, Mahomes has confirmed to be a participant who returns from harm faster than anticipated.

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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) celebrates with tight finish Travis Kelce (87) and huge receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (9) after scoring a landing through the first half towards the Houston Texans at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Photographs)

The final time Mahomes missed a sport attributable to harm was in 2019, when he missed simply two video games after struggling a dislocated patella towards the Denver Broncos.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid informed reporters through the week that he was “amazed” by his quarterback’s capacity to return so rapidly from harm.

“I have been by this with him earlier than and he amazes me each time he does it,” Reid stated. “He is so robust mentally. It is a mindset that he has. The place he was just a few days in the past, I might most likely say it was nowhere close to that. He is dealt with it nicely out.”

Mahomes, in the meantime, under-promised and over-delivered on his availability this week. He prompt to reporters Tuesday that he would not play until he felt he would not “restrict the sport plan” together with his harm.

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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) celebrates with tight finish Travis Kelce (87) after scoring a landing through the first half towards the Houston Texans at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Photographs)

“I don’t wish to restrict the sport plan,” Mahomes stated. “That is one other factor for me. I need to have the ability to nonetheless transfer round within the pocket so we’re not sitting in a single place the entire sport and main the D line to chase it. So it is about I am discovering that stability and seeing the place I’m and, like I stated, I will not know till the tip of this week.

However with this victory, Mahomes and the Chiefs are one step nearer to creating historical past. For vainness’s sake, they gained their sixteenth straight sport by only one possession, breaking a tie with the 2004 New England Patriots.

Extra importantly, they’re only one win away from clinching the AFC’s No. 1 seed. That will grant the Chiefs a first-round bye and home-field benefit en path to the Tremendous Bowl.

Mahomes and firm need to change into the primary group in NFL historical past to win three straight Tremendous Bowls. Their path to get there has change into shorter with Mahomes’ newest exploits.

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