**** OFFICIAL Patrick Mahomes Injury Updates Thread ****

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Post updates in here.

[UChieffyBugger]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

This was Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes walking off the field to the locker room after the game. pic.twitter.com/HwGdSqTFSo

— Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) December 15, 2024

Compare this to how he looked in the Jags game and it's clear this one is a milder sprain. He was hobbling around badly against the Jags. In this video he has a slight limp which is natural when your ankle gets rolled up. If the MRI is clean tomorrow I'm 100% sure he's fine for next Saturday.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

It was basically the same as it was all season, just without the turnovers. Obviously that’s a nice improvement and area available to be fixed, but we scored the least ppg of any Super Bowl winning team back to at least 2016. In fact it was the second fewest total points in that span, which includes four games for us and three games for some others. I didn’t bother looking further back but the point being what we did last year is not repeatable under basically any scenario, but especially with our regressed defense.

There's some signal and significance that you take from the fact that we have Mahomes. It's not fair to say "the sample size is small" because while it is in some aspects, the truth is we have a supremely talented QB who has shown he can elevate a team in the most crucial moments. He has that clutch gene.

But that doesn't mean that he's infallible and he can lead anything to a championship. The margin of error was incredibly thin last year, and anyone who thinks this team is the best team in the NFL is just trolling or delusional.

Clay checks both boxes.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Raiderhater

Football has fewer games than those other sports for a reason. It’s all relative.

That being said, I do go back and forth on this myself because yeah, they have played a lot more football than any other team the past several years, but not everyone on the team was on the team in 2018 when the deep runs started. Most weren’t, actually. But there are a few, and few more who have been with the team longer than just this season or last.

So, I don’t really know. One would think it would take a larger toll on the big bodies. And Trav, at his age - and has been here since before the run - probably feels it a bit.

Good point, especially this year with all the injuries and guys coming back relatively fresh, DHop joining the team midseason, etc.

[UChieffyBugger]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

There's some signal and significance that you take from the fact that we have Mahomes. It's not fair to say "the sample size is small" because while it is in some aspects, the truth is we have a supremely talented QB who has shown he can elevate a team in the most crucial moments. He has that clutch gene.

But that doesn't mean that he's infallible and he can lead anything to a championship. The margin of error was incredibly thin last year, and anyone who thinks this team is the best team in the NFL is just trolling or delusional.

Clay checks both boxes.

Lol so the current record and history doesn't matter?

[SHOWTIME]

Originally Posted by PatMahomesIsGod

That’s….. not good.

compared to the ankle sprain he got against the Jaguars in the 2022 playoffs? That one was way worse.

The mic'd up from today's game will tell us his reaction

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

There's some signal and significance that you take from the fact that we have Mahomes. It's not fair to say "the sample size is small" because while it is in some aspects, the truth is we have a supremely talented QB who has shown he can elevate a team in the most crucial moments. He has that clutch gene.

But that doesn't mean that he's infallible and he can lead anything to a championship. The margin of error was incredibly thin last year, and anyone who thinks this team is the best team in the NFL is just trolling or delusional.

Clay checks both boxes.

You are what your record says you are. I know we didn't get ****ing barnburned by the Bills in our own stadium.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by arrwheader

And if he breaks his ankle next game you will say what? It was worth it maybe getting that one seed ! Maybe next year! Lulz.

Who cares about seeding Mahomes healthy can win any game. No Mahomes in post season means we’re watching someone else in February.

No bye week for this team to rest up and get healthy and we're watching someone else anyhow. It's important. This team has played a rough schedule and alot of games the past several yars.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

There's some signal and significance that you take from the fact that we have Mahomes. It's not fair to say "the sample size is small" because while it is in some aspects, the truth is we have a supremely talented QB who has shown he can elevate a team in the most crucial moments. He has that clutch gene.

But that doesn't mean that he's infallible and he can lead anything to a championship. The margin of error was incredibly thin last year, and anyone who thinks this team is the best team in the NFL is just trolling or delusional.

Clay checks both boxes.

It will be for any team playing the Chiefs in the playoffs, too.... the Bills' awful defense, the Ravens' bad defense and Lamar, "Dan Campbell", etc, etc.

I think we all know how the playoffs can chew up and spit out teams that aren't prepared for playing CG/SB contending teams in playoff pressure games, and that's a very real thing for every team not the Bills (and maybe Eagles).

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by OneTallOrder

I'm thinking the same.

Home field advantage is also key. If this was scheduled to be played @HOU then I wouldn't be confident in a Chiefs win with Wentz at QB.

Chiefs will need Mahomes against PIT though.

I say play Mahomes against Texas. Sit him for the Steelers. Play him against Denver. We win the Mahomes starts, we get HFA regardless of what the Bills do from here on out.

Mahomes and the rest of the starters get a weeks rest after the Texans, then play a week and then get another week off before the playoffs. Of course thar means we have to win or lose HFA game in Denver.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I say play Mahomes against Texas. Sit him for the Steelers. Play him against Denver. We win the Mahomes starts, we get HFA regardless of what the Bills do from here on out.

Mahomes and the rest of the starters get a weeks rest after the Texans, then play a week and then get another week off before the playoffs. Of course thar means we have to win or lose HFA game in Denver.

They will not rest anyone against the Steelers if HFA is on the line.

[Red Dawg]

This team gotta get a week off fkrbthe starters. They can't go into the playoffs with zero starter rest. That would be a very bad idea.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

They will not rest anyone against the Steelers if HFA is on the line.

I know, I agree. I was just pointing out that winning in Denver is better for us than winning in Pitt to give the chosen ones ankle another week to heal up.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Red Dawg

This team gotta get a week off fkrbthe starters. They can't go into the playoffs with zero starter rest. That would be a very bad idea.

Thats the other issue I talked about elsewhere. Pitt is no threat to us getting HFA.

The Chiefs have to have a week off no matter what or else we are doomed. It's been since week 5 for crissakes. We play everyone at Pitt, and lose, and then play all starters again at Denver and lose, we are royally screwed. No rest whatsoever for our starters. Going from 13-1 to losing HFA? Thats disastrous to our 3Peat goal.

[ThyKingdomCome15]

Win the next two games and rest for three weeks. We can do this.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15

Win the next two games and rest for three weeks. We can do this.

But, if you dont beat Pitt on the road, there is no rest for the starters.