Chiefs HC Andy Reid offers harm updates on Patrick Mahomes, L’Jarius Sneed
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs HC Andy Reid opened up his postgame presser after the win over the Jacksonville Jaguars with an replace on the harm on everybody’s thoughts.
Because it presently stands, it doesn’t appear that Mahomes’ right ankle injury was as important because it initially appeared through the course of the sport. Andy Reid used his favourite time period to liken it to one thing minor.
“Actually, the accidents, Pat (Mahomes) clearly tweaked his ankle,” Reid started. “L’Jarius Sneed harm his nostril. Pat (Mahomes) was capable of — he got here in and acquired X-rays and was capable of come again in. After which, L’Jarius (Sneed) he did the identical factor. He was in a position to ensure the factor was set in a very good place and got here again in.”
Beginning with Sneed, it feels like he suffered a damaged nostril. That’s definitely uncomfortable, however it received’t preserve him off the sphere during the AFC Championship Game.
“Properly, it was laborious getting him out of the sport, to start with,” Reid mentioned. “He needed to combat. So, we acquired him out. He went to the X-ray, acquired it X-rayed, checked out, taped. He got here again and mentioned he felt ok to be protected, the place he’s not going to get harm. That’s clearly the first factor. He felt like his mobility was ok to try this.
“We did a couple of little issues with him on the sideline to see the place he was at. Put him in and it was a brief leash. So, If I felt like he wasn’t capable of deal with it, he would have been out and again in with (Chad) Henne.”
Requested whether or not the harm regarded prefer it affected Mahomes, Reid was pretty direct in his reply.
“It didn’t seem like it,” Reid mentioned. “I assumed he did a reasonably good job.”
Reid additionally added that the sport plan actually didn’t change all that a lot as soon as Mahomes returned to the sport.
“We mainly saved doing every little thing the identical,” Reid mentioned. “We simply saved it going — what we have been doing earlier than.”
As for whether or not Mahomes would be capable to play within the AFC title sport, Reid was non-commital presently.
“We’ll see, we’ll see,” Reid mentioned. “I don’t wish to bounce into something. We’ll simply see the way it goes right here the following couple of days. It’s going to be sore, I do know. We’ll see the place he’s at. He’s had this earlier than, so he ought to be capable to preserve pushing really in opposition to Jacksonville a few years in the past. So he pushed by that. The primary factor is that he’s secure or as secure as you may be on a soccer discipline.”
Mahomes harm his ankle in Week 1 of the 2019 NFL season and performed by the harm through the course of the early a part of the common season. He had some reinjury points with that at a couple of factors of the season. It most impacted him within the loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 5.
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