CLEVELAND — Minutes after being removed from Sunday’s game with a right ankle injury, Kansas City Chiefs The quarterback Patrick Mahomes He said he was not clear if he would be available to play against him next Saturday. Houston Texans.
“It’s hard to say right now,” Mahomes said after a 21-7 victory over the Chiefs. Cleveland Browns. “You still [have the] The adrenaline is rolling and it’s usually later in the day that you feel it well. I think I could have finished the game under different circumstances, but I thought the smart decision… Carson Wentz i
“… You just do what you have to do to get back, and I think that’s the most important thing. And now we just get back to the recovery part, the treatment part, and a short week. I try to prepare myself against a good football team.”
Head coach Andy Reid said Mahomes’ ankle is not broken.
“It’s sore and he’ll start on the rehab part of it while we go, and then we’ll just have to see how he does down the road here,” Reid said.
Mahomes was sacked midway through the fourth quarter while throwing a fourth down pass that was incomplete. The Chiefs were up 21-7 at the time, and Wentz ended the game. Mahomes remained on the sideline until the end of the game and limped as he walked from the field to the locker room.
Reed also said Mahomes could have stayed in the game, adding, “There was no need for it.”
“He wanted to fight about it, but we’ve got good help behind him with Carson and it was good for him to get some reps in there as well and let our guys hear that snap count if he had to go,”” Reid said.
On the play, a Cleveland defender dragged Mahomes from behind Dalvin Tomlinson While even more are being killed. Mike Hall.
“I was trying to run up in the pocket, obviously on fourth down, trying to execute a play,” Mahomes said. “And as I threw the ball, I kind of got hit — and I didn’t see it — but it felt like somebody hit me from behind. It happens in football, and so I bounced back. Tried it, but obviously, it hurt a little bit but now we’ll get after the recovery part of it and try to be ready for next week.
“I thought the defense was playing really well, and I wanted to get back out there, and I probably would have fought a little harder if they had tied the game at one score. [margin]. But I also have a lot of faith in Carson. … We put him out there and I thought he did a great job moving the football, taking time off the clock and putting us in position to win the football game.”
Mahomes was 19 of 38 for 159 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game. According to ESPN Research, Mahomes was hit on several pass attempts and pressured 21 times.
“You just have to rely on the offense,” Mahomes said. “… I’ve just got to do a better job of going through my progressions and trusting the offense, getting the ball out of my hands and letting guys make plays. And my nature is to try to make the big play, And sometimes the defense blocks it, and then when it’s not there, find things underneath and keep it moving.”
On each of the two possessions before the injury, the Chiefs, with a two-touchdown lead, went three-and-out with six incomplete passes, allowing Reid to defend his play-calling after the game.
“You have to be able to throw the ball in this league,” Reid said. “Some of our runs didn’t work well either, so we’ve got to make sure we clean it up and get it going. . . . That’s where I can give it to. [better plays]Do a better job there for him.”