Patrick Mahomes Injury Update: Chiefs QB Questionable for Week 16 After Ankle Injury vs. Browns

The health of Patrick Mahomes is a pressing issue for the Kansas City Chiefs organization as the quarterback left the last Sunday match which the team won 21-7 against the Cleveland Browns due to a left ankle injury. The injury took place in the fourth quarter when Mahomes was throwing a short pass for the fourth down and three to go. He was tackled by two Browns players and it seemed really hard for him to get up. Leaving the game, the player was suffering.

After that play, Patrick Mahomes never came back. Backup QB Carson Wentz took over the rest of the game. The chiefs later said that Mahomes had suffered an ankle injury and it was doubtful whether he would come back. But the physician staff decided to hold him back.

High Ankle Sprain: Week-to-Week Status

Jonathan Jones, an NFL insider of CBS Sports claims that Patrick Mahomes has a “high ankle sprain” And is treated as “week to week”. Thankfully for the Chiefs, X-rays confirmed that the ankle had not been broken.

Following the match, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid remarked, “It’s not broken, it’s sore” and offered up some rationale as to why Mahomes did not venture into the fray.

Patrick Mahomes did not hold back during his address to the media either and even went as far as to ask why the game readout required him to practice on-field interactions.

“The score was narrow, so I might have put more effort into the game, but at the end of the day, it wasn’t all that important. However, I wish I could have been there,” Mahomes confessed.

Reid drew attention to how Patrick Mahomes’ participation will be assessed daily.

“It will be day to day,” Reid said. “He might have reentered the game. He was willing to reenter, but such a thing was not obligatory.”

Mahomes’ Week 16 Status Uncertain

Thanks to meeting the Texans on Saturday, it is unsure if Mahomes will be available during week 16. The quarterback has also stated that it is hard to know when you will be fit to play after sustaining an injury.

“When you are still marinating in adrenaline as I have, I think ‘it is a bit hard to say right now,” Patrick Mahomes stated through ESPN. “You still have adrenaline rolling, and usually it’s the day after when you kind of get a good sense of it.”

The injury could not have come at a worse time according to the perspective of the Kansas City team. The Chiefs, who’ve been struggling in this stretch, have three games to fit into ten days. Earlier in the week, Mahomes had complained about the amount of workload.

“Patrick Mahomes stated that making this argument revolves around the fact that you’ve got to remember certain things, like the toll on your body such repeated practices are going to take. Being a professional means you have responsibilities, ‘so deal with them’ he concludes,”

Implications for the Chiefs’ Playoff Push

The reverse scenario is facing the Texans who boast of a more lively than an off-passing game that will truly challenge the Kansas City team if Patrick Mahomes plays except he has sustained a second-half injury during the Texans game and will have factors working against him, such as time, since the team has only four days left after the Texans match to rehearse and mark strategies pattern that are applicable for the Christmas Day match against the Pittsburg Steelers where am sure time will be of great essence.

Although Patrick Mahomes might be fit to play, it’s possible that the injury will restrict him. If he fails to recover in time, that would put the Chief’s offense and their playoff hope in jeopardy. With important matches coming up, all focus will still be on Mahomes as he goes through this hectic period and tries to recover.