Patrick Mahome’s Jay Glazer damage replace set to shock Chiefs followers

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are set to tackle the Cincinnati Bengals in subsequent Sunday’s AFC Championship recreation, however all eyes within the Chiefs’ kingdom are on Patrick Mahomes’ well being.

Mahomes suffered a critical sprained ankle through the Chiefs’ 27-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars within the divisional spherical of the NFL playoffs final night time. Mahomes left the sport briefly however was in a position to return and led his group to a key late within the recreation to seal the win. Nevertheless, regardless of his return, Mahomes was clearly in loads of ache and his mobility was badly affected, as have been a few of his throws.

The restoration time for a excessive ankle sprain can fluctuate relying on the severity of the damage. In delicate instances, restoration can take wherever from a number of weeks to a month, whereas extra extreme sprains can take a number of months to totally heal. Bodily remedy and rehabilitation workouts are sometimes prescribed to enhance vary of movement and energy within the ankle. In some instances, the usage of a brace or splint could also be essential to help the ankle whereas it heals. I

Sadly for Mahomes and the Chiefs they solely have 7 days to heal, not 7 weeks.

What was Jay Glazer’s replace on Patrick Mahome’s excessive ankle sprain?

There was some excellent news for Chiefs followers on the Mahomes damage entrance tonight. In pregame protection forward of the NFL divisional spherical matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers, Fox’s NFL insider Jay Glazer gave a short replace on Mahomes’ damage.

Glaser mentioned:

“Patrick Mahomes’ MRI immediately confirmed he does certainly have a excessive ankle sprain however that’s what I used to be informed by folks within the Chiefs immediately He wakened MUCH higher immediately than you thought. He’ll be battling the damage all week however expects to play subsequent week.”

In case you comply with Glazer, he’s as rooted within the NFL as anybody. That is fairly a stunning replace for Chiefs followers, in a great way in fact. Mahomes regarded extraordinarily limping final night time and it might have been affordable to anticipate that when Mahomes began resting the ankle, swelling and stiffness would begin to really feel worse than when the adrenaline towards the Jaguars was pumped by him.

Whereas Mahomes’ damage isn’t ideally suited, all of most of these accidents happen on a spectrum. Some will be worse than others and whereas Mahome’s damage is critical, the truth that he’s in all probability in much less ache and stiffness than anticipated immediately may very well be an indication his damage is much less critical than it might have been.

With a visit to the Tremendous Bowl at stake, that’s excellent news for Chiefs Kingdom.