Kansas City Chiefs followers can breathe a protracted sigh of aid as star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not listed on the team’s injury report Thursday and seems slated to begin Saturday in opposition to the Houston Texans.
The three-time Tremendous Bowl champion suffered a proper ankle damage in Week 15 in opposition to the Cleveland Browns, seen hobbling to the sideline after taking a brutal hit that bent him over backward.
“He’ll almost certainly find yourself enjoying,” head coach Andy Reid instructed reporters Thursday (h/t Tom Pelissero). “We’ll simply see how issues work out at present.”
Mahomes’ restoration is nothing wanting exceptional, as he was thought of “a protracted shot” to play in Week 16, per Reid’s personal phrases.
“[He] amazes me each time he does it,” Reid stated. “That man, he is so mentally robust. It is only a mindset he has going into it … However he is performed effectively with it.”
Kansas Metropolis (13-1) is without doubt one of the league’s hottest groups regardless of each considered one of its victories coming in tight, dramatic trend.
The franchise may be very near breaking a near-century-old record if it wins yet another recreation by scoring 30 factors or much less.
Had Mahomes not been capable of swimsuit up for Saturday, that may’ve been nearly inevitable given the team’s 11-8 record without him underneath middle — solely scoring greater than 30 factors as soon as in these 11 wins.
If Kansas Metropolis defeats Houston on Saturday and the Buffalo Payments (11-3) fall to the division-rival New England Patriots on Sunday, the Chiefs would lock up the No. 1 seed within the AFC.
With Mahomes now anticipated again to steer them, the Chiefs are in a way more strengthened place to make that state of affairs a actuality or a minimum of take yet another step nearer.
