Both of the Chiefs’ recent playoff wins showed off Patrick Mahomes’s toughness, as the quarterback played through a high ankle sprain for two consecutive weeks. Through the injury, which usually requires multiple weeks to heal, Mahomes still led Kansas City to another AFC championship.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid described Mahomes’s mindset after suffering the injury on Jan. 21 against Jacksonville. Reid said Mahomes didn’t want to leave the game, but the coach wouldn’t let him back in until he got an X-ray.
“This guy, his mindset was ‘I’m going back in; I’m fine and I don’t need an X-ray,” Reid said on The Herd with Colin Cowherd.