Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a excessive ankle sprain throughout Saturday’s divisional-round victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, a league supply instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The character of the damage to Mahomes’ proper ankle was confirmed Sunday by an MRI examination, which confirmed no different harm, a supply instructed Schefter.
Mahomes stated Saturday night time that he plans to play in subsequent Sunday’s AFC Championship Sport.
“It feels higher than I assumed it was going to be now,” Mahomes stated after the 27-20 victory that put the Chiefs within the convention title recreation for the fifth straight season. “Clearly, I’ve a variety of adrenaline going proper now, so we’ll see the way it feels. However I will hop proper within the remedy and attempt to do no matter I can to be as near 100% by subsequent week. Fortunately for us, we performed the early recreation on Saturday, so we get an additional virtually half a day that I can let that ankle relaxation.”
Mahomes injured the ankle late within the first quarter, when he went down awkwardly after finishing a cross to order tight finish Blake Bell. Although the quarterback was clearly favoring the ankle, Mahomes stayed within the recreation lengthy sufficient to complete the drive, which ended with a subject aim that gave the Chiefs a 10-7 lead.
Mahomes initially resisted the Chiefs’ requests that he retreat to the locker room to have the ankle X-rayed, although he ultimately relented.
X-rays of the ankle had been unfavorable. The Chiefs additionally had Mahomes do some agility drills.
In Mahomes’ absence within the second quarter, backup quarterback Chad Henne led the Chiefs on what proved to be a key drive. The Chiefs drove 98 yards for a landing, which got here on Henne’s 1-yard cross to Travis Kelce.
Mahomes returned for the second half and went 22-of-30 for 195 yards and two touchdowns. He stated the tender ankle affected his throwing on sure passes.
ESPN’s Adam Teicher contributed to this report.