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Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes Says Ankle Injury 'Took a Lot Longer Than I Expected to Heal'

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Patrick Mahomes' ankle is "good" even if the healing process lasted longer into the offseason than he initially thought.

"It's good," the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback said during Thursday's appearance on TNT's NBA Tip-Off. "It definitely took a lot longer than I expected to heal. But at this point now, I've been able to run around."

Mahomes suffered the injury during a January playoff win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

"I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent, but I've had no necessarily limitations," he told reporters in April. "It's just when you go through a grind of a week of training and you're trying to push it and go through the rehab process, but at the same time, you want to make sure you're still building.