Update (Monday): Head coach Andy Reid spoke to the media It has been transferred Patrick Mahomes is “day-to-day,” and that tryout “showed more positive news than negative news. It just seems to be a matter of recovery and getting rid of some bruises.”
The Kansas City Chiefs improved to 6-2 with a win over the New York Jets on Sunday.
But the best news for Chiefs fans is that quarterback Patrick Mahomes is out for a “major injury” after suffering an elbow injury in the first half.
With less than two minutes left in the first half, the quarterback hit his hand on a throw and was hit by New York rookie quarterback David Bailey and lost the football. Mahomes stayed on the turf for a long time before moving on with the team’s coaches.
This is the game where the damage happened.
And here’s Mahomes being carried off the field by the Kansas City training staff.
Mahomes returned to the game just before halftime, leading the Chiefs to a field goal after the game. Kicker Harrison missed two attempts as time expired — he missed from 56 yards, but was given another chance from 51, and he pushed that wide despite the Jets jumping out of bounds — and the game went into halftime with the Chiefs leading by two.
In the second half, Kansas City outscored Kansas City 35-12 and scored 21 points. “(O)nce I threw the football, I knew I was going to be OK,” Mahomes said after the win after playing the entire second half, and with many of his throws at short and intermediate positions.
And now experiments have confirmed that fact.
According to Ian Rapoport, Mahomes underwent an MRI after the win and the scan “didn’t show any major damage.” Mahomes is expected to be monitored over the next few days for soreness and swelling, but “so far so good.”
Kansas City plays the Atlanta Falcons next week.