Patrick Mahomes' High Ankle Sprain: Impact and Prognosis

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00:00Well, Dr. Chow, it did feel like an oh my God moment about

00:06eight minutes remaining in regulation yesterday between

00:09the Browns and the Chiefs as Patrick Mahomes limped off the

00:13field with what the Chiefs are calling a high ankle sprain. Of

00:17course, that will get a ton of conversation and focus this

00:21week around the National Football League. Dr. Chow, you

00:23and your team at Sports Injury Central. When you saw the play

00:27and the hit yesterday in the fourth quarter in the land,

00:31what was your initial evaluation? What do you make of

00:33what Mahomes, Andy Reid, and the Chiefs have said after? We

00:39looked at it and thought it was a right high ankle sprain and

00:42we actually felt that he could return to the game, but Andy

00:47Reid was being smart and not putting him back in and they've

00:51said that afterwards. Now, I get it in the vernacular. Now, we

00:56make a big deal out of high ankle sprains versus low ankle

00:59sprains, but just to remind viewers, Patrick Mahomes has

01:04played through a very similar high ankle sprain before.

01:08Remember back to the 2022 Divisional Playoffs versus

01:12Jacksonville. It happened in the first half and then the

01:16world went nutso when he got sent into the locker room for

01:19precautionary x-rays. Then he returned to the sideline and he

01:24did not immediately re-enter the game and the backup

01:28finished the drive and even took the kneel down after that

01:32and I'm saying live. I was saying live in my halftime

01:35injury chat on Pro Football Doc. Patrick Mahomes is coming

01:39back to this game, even though he's got the high ankle sprain.

01:42He did. They won in the second half. Then after the game, Ian

01:46Rappaport said he's got a high ankle sprain. Everyone says

01:48he's out for the rest of the playoffs. I'm like, no, he's

01:50going to play through. He's going to change his game,

01:53change his arm angle, not push off, and guess what? He beat

01:57the Eagles that year in the Super Bowl, won the conference

02:00and beat the Eagles. He's done this before. Will it affect him?

02:04Yes, he's able to modify his game. If he were a running

02:08back, this would be a much bigger deal. He's able to adapt.

02:11Now, with all that being said, he may miss the next game or

02:16two because it's a different situation. It's not must win

02:20for the Chiefs. They play two games in the next 10 days,

02:24including on Christmas and this Saturday. They're tough

02:28opponents, the Texans and the Steelers, but I think it's too

02:32early to tell whether he will play or not, but don't worry. In

02:37the infamous words of Schwarzenegger, he'll be back.

02:40It's just a matter of when and he'll be back well ahead of the

02:44playoffs.

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