Patrick Mahomes reveals just how serious his ankle injury is: ‘Always fear the worst’

The bionic Patrick Mahomes believes he has avoided a superior ankle injury.

Mahomes came down awkwardly while flipping a touchdown pass to moving backmost Samaje Perine during nan Chiefs’ 30-24 triumph complete nan Buccaneers connected Sunday.

He said to reporters Wednesday astir what he felt for illustration successful nan moment.

“Definitely scary,” Mahomes said, as covered by ESPN. “I deliberation it wounded much conscionable because it’s nan aforesaid ankle I rolled past week, truthful it frightened maine a small bit.

Patrick Mahomes of nan Kansas City Chiefs reacts aft an evident wounded against nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers during nan 4th fourth astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected November 4, 2024. Getty Images

“When you don’t cognize precisely what happens and you get that crisp pain, you ever fearfulness nan worst.”

Chiefs caput coach Andy Reid initially told Mahomes that he had to travel retired of nan game.

Mahomes said that he thought Reid was “joking,” and Reid yet relented erstwhile Mahomes was capable to walk mobility tests connected nan sidelines.

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) is assisted disconnected nan section aft an wounded against nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers during nan 2nd half astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

Mahomes, who antecedently suffered a high-ankle sprain during nan 2022-23 playoffs, is expected to play successful nan Chiefs’ crippled against nan Broncos connected Sunday.

“I was evidently moving for nan extremity statement and was benignant of committed to moving nan shot and astatine nan past 2nd [passed to] Samaje, and truthful I benignant of awkwardly rolled nan ankle a small bit,” Mahomes said. “You consciousness nan pain, and that scares you. I’ve dealt pinch ankles before, but I conscionable benignant of laid there, and arsenic clip went on, nan symptom subsided.

“I conscionable benignant of sewage backmost to it and sewage backmost moving again and felt comfortable going retired there.”

“The 1 successful nan playoffs a mates of years agone was a small spot of really I sewage tackled,” he continued. “It sewage stuck, and it wounded a batch more. [This time] I could move, I could still person mobility successful my ankle, and I still do aft this game. I’ll astir apt get a small swelling tomorrow. But pinch a short week, you spell successful location and return attraction of it and beryllium prepared to play adjacent week.”