The state of the ankle of Patrick Mahomes was one of the great intrigues of the conference final played by Kansas City against the Bengals. Unsurprisingly, the quarterback was not at 100%, barely a week after a ligament sprain.
So we had to compose. Until a last action on which he used his legs to get the first down, with a bonus penalty on a stroller from Joseph Ossai.
“I tried to do what I could to win, and obviously you could see at times that I couldn’t do what I wanted,” Mahomes told ESPN after the game. “But I managed to do enough on the last play to get the first down, get out of the way and try to give Harrison Butker a chance to win. Obviously he pushed me quite late we got the penalty. »
“I was really in pain. I think the worst is when I lost the fumble. I tried to get it back and that’s probably the moment I twisted it the most during the game. The doctors brought me as close as possible to being 100%. And then I fought, and I will have a few more weeks to be ready. »
Because a new race against time begins. Two weeks to be fit enough to escape Philadelphia’s fierce defense.
Whatever happens, communication is unlikely to be very transparent.
“People don’t realize how hurt he was. We have all seen the injury. Ligament sprains are terrible injuries, and sometimes players miss two or three weeks, and he was there running for a first down and a big action to put us within field goal range, ”confessed Brett Veach, the general manager. “But it adds to his already incredible story. »
