I'm done watching it, I don't ever want to see it again.

He's well aware of his shitty play in the 2nd half. No way a competitive person doesn't have that fire burning inside to make that right. Hobbling around on 1/2 an ankle be damned.

I think he’s trying to pull pat down I think landing on the ankle was not intentional.

For watching it over and over... yeah, maybe.

It does seem strange that he pulls his legs up instead of just laying out. But I've never tackled a guy and don't know the reasons things happen the way they do.

Not intentional, just a big dumbass oaf of a human falling down.

A healthy Mahomes means the game can be won because of him. A 75% of Mahomes would be good enough against any team...except the Bengals who scheme and have had confused him three straight games when he was healthy. He needs to be able to dance around the pocket, slide to either slide, use his back leg to make all the crazy throws he can make and take off with speed to pick up first downs when needed the most. A one legged PM is not the same and the Bengals will exploit that even more. Expecting him to have a miraculous recovery with an injury that sidelines players for upwards of 2-3 weeks, let alone a QB who relies upon his legs, and that he won't miss a beat is very wishful thinking, IMO. Even for Andy Reid. And while I don't know the weather forecast for Sunday night, any type of cold, wet field doesn't help him either.

This game is going to have to be won by the defense which is going up against the hottest team in the league with the QB playing better than anyone else right now, has confidence and has weapons the Chiefs defense has trouble matching up against. Especially with Spagnoula's vanilla defense which lacks LB'er play on either side of Bolton and not a good enough pass rush to protect the secondary. And fanswho keep saying the Bengals can't protect Borrows with an injured and inexperienced offensive line haven't been watching them play lately.

He does seem to move his leg into a position to fall right on Mahomes' ankle, and it looks like a bit of an odd way to go to the ground unless he's trying to land a certain way.

That said, it's easy for us to watch it on a screen and say it was malicious. We don't know what he was thinking as he was repositioning his body during a huge collision in real time. I doubt he even had the whereabouts to know exactly how he would be landing because they were both in a pretty awkward position.

I doubt we're getting any kind of updates today? I know Andy Reid will speak today, but I doubt he says much of anything

IMHO 99% chance we don't hear anything until game day, except for "game-time decision"

Shitty play in the second half?

Did we watch the same game?

You're not crazy. Looking at the still frame, the defender is looking down at his leg while he's falling as if he's aiming. But I'm a ticked-off fan so I could be reading a little much into it :)

I think he’s talking about the 2nd half of the AFC Championship game last year.

I need a 24/7 live view of Mahomes' ankle.

I agree.

After the Cleveland game 2 years ago, we had a long week of Mahomes not being cleared to play until like Thursday. He wasn’t even actually concussed either.

Andy will have us guessing by design.

He probably will, but everyone knows Mahomes is playing, including the Bengals.

I would subscribe to Mahomes’ ankle’s OnlyFans

Correct. Same as it was against the Bills 2 years ago.

There were nervous fans, but never a doubt.

LMAO

If you watch the video closely and understand that Key was trying to tackle Mahomes, Its very suspect.

Hes not trying to wrap up. He doesnt slide his arms down around Patricks legs like he was attempting to bring him down. You would think his own legs would be behind his torso, making every effort to launch himself into the tackle.

Instead he brings his knee up and appears to target Patricks lower leg.

Yes, I am totally biased but watching it makes me feel like there was some intent.

Impossible to know for sure and I tend to believe that players do not play to injure other players BUT... It is the Playoffs, whole season on the line, winning is everything at that point.

Pat McAfee is talking about it on his show right now.

Whats he sayin'?

He was just asking Ian Rapaport questions about it. Nothing new or super interesting was said.

Was he asking if it was suspicious or just an update?

I feel like Nate Taylor may be the guy to be paying attention to this week for anything he gathers.

They didn't talk about the hit being sus. No updates. Skip Bayless of all people said that he thought the hit looked sus on his show today. He's the only talking head I've seen bring up the sketchy hit so far.

Yeah, the only people who should know what's going on with Mahomes' ankle before the offense takes the field Sunday are the people in the building. He should be questionable with nothing meaningful said all week.

Fescoe usually has good intel. He did in the Tyreek situation.

Kelce is going to be on Pat Mcafee at 12:20. Could be an interesting watch.

Louis Riddick as well.

Direct pipeline to Andy Reid.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In his opening statement on Zoom, Andy Reid said Patrick Mahomes does indeed have a right high-ankle sprain.<br><br>&quot;He&#39;s worked hard in the treatment &amp; is doing OK,&quot; Reid said of Mahomes.</p>&mdash; Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/1617585470195507200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Day to day.

FYI

Andy just said that he doesn’t think this sprain is as bad as the one Pat suffered week 1 against Jacksonville in 2019.

You may recall that the week after that injury in 2019 Pat went scorched earth on the Raiders and threw four TD passes in the second quarter.

Assuming Andy isn’t blowing smoke up our asses, this is VERY good news.

Game on.

You can't convince me that Key didn't do it on purpose. Just the whole way he fell and lifted his leg up.

Maybe a Q, but I've yet to see it

Reid apparently gave Pat an ultimatum, go get x rayed or you're not going back in

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...ry/ar-AA16BJqZ

Chiefs Kingdom Editorial Board too

Doing okay and gonna play… it’s go time.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> coach Andy Reid told reporters that QB Patrick Mahomes &quot;worked hard on the treatment and is doing OK.&quot; Asked about his status, Reid says he&#39;s &quot;gonna play&quot; and that this isn&#39;t as serious as the one Mahomes suffered in 2019.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1617588801962147840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">here&#39;s why &amp; how the NRL eliminated these tackles from their sport (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinCole___?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KevinCole___</a> )<br><br>full video: <a href="https://t.co/kpUJuXKWUW">https://t.co/kpUJuXKWUW</a><br><br>slide: <a href="https://t.co/mmTVseLlld">pic.twitter.com/mmTVseLlld</a></p>&mdash; Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1617602476252749825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Some interesting points. These hip drop tackles might go the way of horse-collar tackles.

PM said that last night-with a smile

Only time I have ever seen PM get mad.
I would think more mad at the situation than a person

You aren’t going to get any reliable information from Andy. It’s all coach speak.

He was pretty pissed in the Raiders game early in the season. I thought he was going to fight someone.

Never expected anything more from him. That’s not his style.

Personally, I didn't expect ANYTHING from Reid until Wednesday. :shrug:

I almost forgot about that. What was he mad about in that game?

They've already done so much to put the defense at a disadvantage. If they keep taking options out of the defensive strategy it will end up as 2 hand touch.

Oh for sure, not trying to insinuate any kind of rift

Pat knows that was the only call to make

Thanks for posting this information.

Years back the horse collar tackle combined with the drop hip was almost a sure way to injure a player and get them out of the game. I know I am biased in protecting Patrick Mahomes, but it is hard to believe that DE Arden Key did not do this on purpose.

Watching the replay, and it's painful to watch... The defender doesn't make any effort to prevent it. Mahomes had clearly released the ball and the player drug him down from behind falling on his legs. Not really a lot different than the horse collar which was made illegal (yet players still do it).

If it was a Jaguars player with Trevor Lawrence, I have a feeling the Jaguars guy would have found a way to avoid landing on Trevor's ankle. He was looking down before making contact with Mahomes' ankle.

The Jags lost the benefit of the doubt with me after the head hunting in the first game and the cheap shot on Henne on the next series.

He good.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FnMwb_LW...pg&name=medium

The Spoken needs to just stop speaking. That's the dumbest shit i've read all day, and i was browsing the Bills forum.

The Spoken is a horrible podcast.

Andy's not going to say shit no matter what. Why give a head's up? Better to keep the Bengals guessing.

But he's actually saying a lot.

I believe he already even said he's going to play.

Which is why I'm going to assume that it's legit, because he just doesn't do that.

Look at his feet. Landed on Orlando Browns feet. Athletes have a lot of coordination but to think he landed on another players feet and still had the wherewithal to injure Mahomes as he fell is crazy talk. His body just gave away when his feet didn't hit the ground the way he expected.

That spoken guy is an idiot, but Chris Wilhelm is the fake Andy Reid.

The sound bite I heard from Andy was "Patrick's mind set is that he's going to play."

If he's ankle sprain is milder than the earlier one. It's reported then he practice all week. Not sure if full practice

He good

Who in the blue hell is this pussy? JFC grow a pair “THE SPOKEN” Glad Pat Sr. chimed in… definitely makes me feel better about Patrick’s status for the game.

This is gonna force KC to run the damn football. Which might work out to be a good thing for them.

READ.

THE.

COMMENT.

LFG!

That's not Patrick. He doesn't go by Pat.

Who is in the pic in the caption?

Dad?

If he is still gimpy......think back to how those hopping handoffs looked....

It's his dad.

I believe it is Pat Senior

Yeah, I think it’s the guy Patrick is named after.

True, but I still think papa Mahomes has a bead on how his son is feeling right now so that could be a good sign.

Theres no guessing dude, everyone knows he's playing

And this O line better do their nastiest impression of Roaf, Shields and co we've yet seen... its time to live up to your hype, men

We're looking at YOU... Joe, Creed and Trey

Dominate so your tackles don't have to

ROFL

Amazing that people thought anything else.

Do you even Chiefs?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">see you Sunday, Chiefs Kingdom! ⏰ <a href="https://t.co/mrTgR48T84">pic.twitter.com/mrTgR48T84</a></p>&mdash; Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickMahomes/status/1617704684118212612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

ROFL I don’t know… I’m still not convinced, probably just trying to fool the Bengals. /s

going to get L'Arena by Ennio Morricone ready

punch your way out of the coffin, zombie mahomes

Honestly that will be the most important factor. Brown Jr and/or Wiley can’t let Hendrickson beat them and our IOL needs to keep Reader from disrupting our run game.

To be fair, social media is full of impersonators.

I had to zoom in on the picture a lot on mobile.

i wouldn't post it if it was an impersonator

Cool, it's Dad.

I don't twat, so I don't follow.

Who here likes the Chiefs?

I do.