KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 It wasn\u2019t just Kansas City Chiefs fans who were nervous Monday night as quarterback Patrick Mahomes sat on the soggy GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium turf clutching at his left foot and grimacing in pain.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody was nervous,\u201d running back Kareem Hunt, who rushed for 106 yards and scored the\u00a0game-winning touchdown against Tampa Bay\u00a0in overtime, said. \u201cWe were hoping he was going to be all right and it wasn\u2019t too serious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fellow running back Samaje Perine had just caught the game-tying 7-yard touchdown on the second play of the fourth quarter, but his mood changed when he realized Mahomes was down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw when he let it go he didn\u2019t get hit, so that was concerning,\u201d Perine said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want it to be a non-contact (injury).\u201d<\/p>\n
That was Mahomes\u2019 immediate concern as well: \u201cWhenever you do something and it\u2019s non-contact, you don\u2019t know exactly what happens and you get that sharp pain, you always fear the worst,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But it turned out to be nothing more than a re-sprained ankle that needed to be re-taped in the medical tent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a competitor,\u201d Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. \u201cI told him I was going to take him out and he about wanted to fight me. So, he\u2019s a tough kid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked about the moment Mahomes said he was pulling him, Mahomes said, \u201cI thought he was joking. He said it and I was like, \u2018C\u2019mon, we\u2019re not doing this again.\u2019 He trusts me. Once the doctors checked it out and I was able to do the drops again, he let me get back on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reid did have backup quarterback Carson Wentz on alert.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told Carson to be ready to go,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n
But Wentz wasn\u2019t needed as Mahomes went 11 for 15 for 102 yards with a touchdown after the injury. He finished the game 34 of 44 overall for 291 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions, snapping a streak of seven straight games with a pick to start the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was definitely scary,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cI think it hurt more just because it was the same ankle I rolled last week, so it scared me a little bit. … You feel the pain and that scares you, because obviously I\u2019ve dealt with ankles before. But I just kind of laid there and, as time went on, the pain subsided.\u201d<\/p>\n
The injury happened near the Buccaneers sideline and Mahomes felt better by the time he reached the Chiefs\u2019 sideline. All he needed to do from there was convince Reid to let him stay in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure exactly where he was going to be with it, but he might have the loosest ankles in America,\u201d Reid said. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous how he can come back from those things. Then, he\u2019s mentally tough on top of that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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