Texans vs. Chiefs Preview: Mahomes to Play Despite Ankle Injury

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00:00A Saturday doubleheader in week number 16 of this NFL season is

00:08tomorrow. We talked about the game in Baltimore between the

00:11Steelers and the Ravens. That's the second of our two kicking

00:15around 430 PM Eastern time. The first game at 1 PM Eastern

00:20inside Arrowhead. It blew it early in the week. We thought

00:23Mahomes, that being Patrick, might not play in this game,

00:27might not play next week on a short week on Christmas Day

00:31Wednesday. His status for the remainder of the regular season

00:34uncertain with a right high ankle sprain. But then the guy

00:39was out there at practice in full all week. The odds started

00:42to change in yesterday to confirmation. Patrick Mahomes

00:46is going to start tomorrow on a short week Saturday against the

00:50Houston Texans in Kansas City. Now a three and a half point

00:54spread in favor of the Chiefs. Total still low at 41 and a

00:58hook. How effective, Bluett, do you think Mahomes will be? How

01:02does it affect the game plan for the Chiefs against the

01:05Texans? I don't really think all that much. Full participant

01:10yesterday. We've seen a lot of this from him in the past. I

01:15don't think it's any type of exaggeration on his part or

01:20histrionics on this part as some people suggest. He took a

01:23brutal hit last week. He was lucky to avoid a major injury.

01:27I think he knows how to play even in slightly limited

01:30fashion and shoot, he's won Super Bowls playing in this

01:34manner. So I don't really think it impacts him much at all. Any

01:38doubt you have about the Chiefs is based on their body of work

01:42this year, a season in which they've only lost one game. So

01:46I consider this to be a low scoring affair. Joe and I get

01:51to watch a lot of the Texans and we know their offense just

01:54isn't clicking week in week out and they're going up against

01:58the Chiefs defense where I feel like this is an ideal scenario

02:01for them. At home, short week, Stroud's got to go out there

02:05and prove it and I don't know that he can. So it's a low

02:08number but I could see us getting under that. Maybe a 20

02:11to 17 Chiefs win. That hook though scares me. I could see a

02:15field goal win for the Chiefs and the three and a half is

02:18tough. I think a really interesting live betting

02:20opportunity. I like the Chiefs to win the game, but if Houston

02:23gets up early, you're going to bet it back the other way.