He was less mobile in the SB against Philly and still ran on their ass with one leg to help get the win. Stop being such a pussy.

You can have all of my casino cash if NE beats Buff on Sunday.

Mahomes has been a full participant at practice this week… he’s playing.

Eat a bag of dicks moron.

What? No rationale argument against Patrick playing and winning with a more severe injury than he currently has?

No, I suppose not.

That’s where the smart money is. If so, praying he’s healthy afterwards. :thumb:

It’s already been posted. Your reading comprehension is poor.

I feel like Mahomes will rope a dope the Texans. Won't do any major running until he absolutely needs to. Then BAM in the 4th quarter, key third down, runs for 15 yards.

dunnadun! dunnadun! sportscenter

Pretty sure they aren't 2nd in sacks because they've been playing QBs with high ankle sprains all season?

They've probably even played several first string QBs, in fact.

I know it’s already been posted. It bears repeating because it continues to be ignored.

Brilliant. It’s impossible to underestimate you. Well done!

Dicks moron? Is that some kind of dish that you created, similar to banana Foster?

He shouldn't play. If we lose then he plays.

Changed my mind during the week. He's been a full participant in practice so I see no reason for him not to start. You know they are going to rush him as much as they can so the game plan should be for him to get rid of the ball quickly. Screens, quick slants and outs, etc..Don't hang on to the ball for 5 seconds or more looking for someone to get open deep.

Why?

What are you scared of? Do you not trust Andy and Patrick?

Day is darkest before the dawn.

Dang it Lzen: I’m trying to eat healthy for the holidays. Haven’t had Bananas Foster in years. Now that I’ve looked it up on YouTube, I’m going to make it. I’m sending you next month’s gym bill.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes during our brief look at practice on Thursday <a href="https://t.co/cMa5tsRyV7">pic.twitter.com/cMa5tsRyV7</a></p>&mdash; Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessenewell/status/1869803057154011336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Patrick Mahomes will “most likely end up playing,” Andy Reid said.</p>&mdash; Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamMcDowell11/status/1869820286339821889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Heart wants him to get healthy, brain says that Patrick is a grown man and knows his body. He's not a rookie playing for his job. I expect him to be smart and the coaching staff insert an appropriate gameplan.

Andy throwing our Mahomes to the wolves on Saturday. Hope it doesn't backfire in a pretty meaningless game in the grand scheme of things.

Mods, please change this user's name to KC_Coward

Listen **** face, you somehow have a thread all to yourself to do this shit in. Keep it there.

On the contrary, it is those pushing for an injured Mahomes to play out of fear of losing the #1 seed that are the true cowards.

I have no such fear of the Texans or dropping behind the Bills or anything else. I know as long as Mahomes is healthy come January, this team has the best shot of all wherever they are seeded.

I heard PMII mention this on Tuesday, but had no idea there was a Russell Wilson connection. Seems plausible that his reference was actually about Wilson. ROFL
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Patrick Mahomes aims subtle dig at Russell Wilson as Kansas Chiefs get injury update

Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes has thrown a subtle dig at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson as he bids to make an early comeback from injury.

Speaking on Tuesday, Mahomes claimed he is doing everything possible to get himself in good stead for the Chiefs' showdown with the Houston Texans on Saturday afternoon. However, he has limits on what he will do to get back on the field, and it doesn't include emulating Wilson, who once performed knee highs on a plane journey to get himself back to full fitness.

The 29-year-old suffered the blow during the Chiefs' 21–7 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. However even as he desperately attempts to shake off the ankle injury, he mockingly revealed his rehabilitation doesn't extend to going the lengths the then Denver Broncos star went to in 2022.

"We get back a little earlier with the noon game, kind of getting ourselves ready on the plane," Mahomes said to reporters earlier this week. "I wasn't doing high knees or anything like that (chuckling). We did some movement stuff, some icing... we didn't want it to just sit there and get too stiff."

Mahomes' sly comment comes years after Wilson performed the elaborate exercises on his team's flight to London for a game. The Broncos had a lengthy trip to the UK capital for a fixture against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the quarterback was determined not to waste the time allocated to him by the long-haul journey.

Wilson was recovering from a hamstring injury at the time and said that, while his team-mates slept, he was exercising in the aisle to make sure his legs were ready for his side's next game. "I was on the plane, first two hours of the eight-hour flight here I was watching film, watching all the cutups and everything else, and then for the next four hours I was doing treatment on the plane," Wilson said.

"I was walking up and down the aisle, everybody else was knocked out, I was doing high knees, working my legs and everything else, making sure I was ready to rock. That was good. Then I fell asleep for one hour and I watched film for the rest. I felt good to go."

Mahomes underwent tests after he picked up a worrying-looking injury to his right ankle. The three-time Super Bowl winner limped off the field during the fourth quarter after trying to deliver a jumping pass but was pinched between several Cleveland defenders.

Initial X-rays returned negative, but subsequent tests have now confirmed that Mahomes suffered a mild high ankle sprain. The injury has come at a trying time for the Chiefs as they face a busy Christmas schedule with the Texans to come on December 21 before facing Wilson's Steelers on Christmas Day.

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport, via sources, reported that, despite his best efforts, Mahomes' status for the Texans is in doubt, but he will be "fine long term". Mahomes was replaced in the final stages of the Browns' victory by veteran backup Carson Wentz, who is in line to start if the quarterback is ruled out.

The Chiefs are in a solid position to finish as the top seed, with them recording one win more than the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions. They'll now be hoping to extend their 13-1 record in the final three games of the regular season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> have removed QB Patrick Mahomes from the injury report and he’s officially good to go. Of course.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1869839024095146004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Andy Reid is as conservative and careful as it gets with managing injuries and determining when players are ready to return to play.

Do people think that this is Mahomes’ first rodeo? Think this is his first time playing banged up? Do people think he’s an absolute moron who would risk further injury? Have we not seen that this is a guy who clearly sees the bigger picture? Heck just look at the way the guy runs his life outside of football. Let’s give him just an ounce of credit here and assume that if he’s playing, it’s because he feels confident that doing so isn’t going to present any greater of a risk that is already there playing tackle football at the NFL level.

So Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes are cowards?

LMAO LMAO LMAO

They will get the #1 seed and Patrick will be healthy. Stop assuming he won't be just because he's playing in Saturday. You're scared, we all know it.

We can't win without Mahomes but apparently can't trust him to make good decisions. Somehow those two ideas go together. LMAO

I prefer KCWillie, myself.

Then it wasn't a high ankle sprain. Great news.

I’d suggest you’re far more scared than anyone of losing the precious #1 seed. So scared that you are willing to risk everything to get it.

There is no ****ing risk. He's not even on the injury report anymore. Get it through your head - he's going to play and he's going to be fine. Unless you have zero trust in the Chiefs. And if that's the case, you're not scared. You're just a ****ing loser.

Mahomes would push to play even if he had broken all the bones in his body. It’s ultimately on the coaches/team to protect him from himself when necessary.

I just hope it wasn’t necessary in this case.

As long as we're doing this, change your name to Bear****.

I will accept Hammock Farty.

Hey guys, Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes are cowards. They'd risk everything to get the #1 seed.

Yeah this sounds like he just aggravated the old high ankle he had. It's not a new injury.

It wasn't. You're being deliberately and unnecessarily negative about the whole situation.

He’s going to play and sure, he might be fine. He also might re-injure the ankle too playing a meaningless December game against the Texans.

One would hope the coaches know what they are doing and the risk is minimal of that.

Only time will tell. My priority is Mahomes’ health a month from now. Really all that matters to me at this point in the season.

Why do you even log in to this site before January?

The regular season is completely meaningless according to you, so I’m surprised you watch the games and are even aware of what’s going on before the playoffs start.

And he might sit out only to get hurt against Pittsburgh. He might sit out, they lose the #1 seed, and he gets hurt in one of TWO games he wouldn't even have to play.

Yeah, you're scared. You're ignoring the fact that he has much less risk of injury playing two less games and it gives the entire team rest.

All because he "might" get reinjured despite every sign from the team that he's ready to go.

To make sure our core players stay healthy for a playoff run.

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Sitting against Denver and getting a first round bye would get him the most time to heal before the playoffs.

You're not looking at this beyond Saturday. You're so convinced of the risk on Saturday that you're ignoring what's sitting right in front of you.

You should probably trust the best QB to ever play the game more. Because he agrees with me 100%.

We will find out almost immediately on Saturday how he’s able to move and how much he’s able to run. He might be just fine but if he’s not able to without limitations, yeah, I have some concerns about throwing him out there on a bad ankle for 2 games in 4 days in the regular season.

If Pat sits and they lose, the whole team has to play against Denver. If they lose another game, the whole team has to play wild card weekend.

If your #1 goal is the health of the team, act like it. Because you're not advocating for the goal you expressed. You're contradicting yourself.

If we clinch the one seed after Christmas, the core players will get a minimum of 24 days of rest.

You want the core guys healthy for the playoffs, that’s the best way to do it.

I think the defense showed there's an extra gear there they can shift to now that its time to seal the deal on this BYE.

It wouldn't surprise me if they flash more dominance these next couple games to secure that rest they ALL want and need.

Man, I think it's just Omenihu and Williams. ROFL

People hoping Pat would sit in the Media really just want Bills to get #1 seed

Imagine saying 3 tough games to go, 2 on the road, with a 2 game lead for the #1 spot and Saturday is a "meaningless" game. Especially when Buffalo has a cake schedule. And we want week 18 to be meaningless so we can really rest some guys for a stretch.

You can't make up that kind of stupidity.

Chiefs are trading the next 6 days for the following 18.

Let's get it. NO DAYS OFF.

As they should be. It's all just probabilities. They have a better chance of being healthy, including Patrick, if they get the most rest possible. It's basic arithmetic.

Yes, but just as many want Lamar to win it all.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Patrick Mahomes - High ankle sprain in his 128th start<br><br>Tom Brady - Torn ACL in his 128th start<br><br>Their injury histories and how they stack up to other notable QBs.<a href="https://t.co/NWgt4DBqU3">https://t.co/NWgt4DBqU3</a></p>&mdash; Scott Kacsmar (@ScottKacsmar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottKacsmar/status/1869853040188240172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The only game on our regular season schedule that is potentially meaningless is the Denver game after we beat Houston and Pittsburgh.

Until that #1 seed is secured, EVERY game is important.

This could be the game that clinches the #1 seed for the Chiefs.

Can’t dismiss the possibility that Buffalo could lose on Sunday just because they are 14 point favorites.

Yeah, if for some crazy reason the Bills lose and the Chiefs win, they can take two games off before the bye.

Just imagine if the Chiefs decided to ease up on the Houston game and they lost by resting Mahomes… and then the Patriots miraculously beat Buffalo on Sunday.

Opportunity missed.

Too many issues to sort out to take 2 weeks off, IMO.

Incorporating Hollywood back into the offense for one, Humphries potential return another.

I mean if anything I'd sit the starters for the STEELERS game. Give them a 2 week bye with something of a ramp up game before the playoffs and ANOTHER bye.

But if you lock anything up this week and sit guys, you'd go almost an entire month without playing football. That won't work at all.

Pat will be limping again by the first quarter..prob the rest of this season
He takes too many hits and you know opposing teams are gonna come after that

Ok, Debbie.

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If we find ourselves in this situation we play the Steelers like a preseason game. Uche gets a bunch of snaps and we bring Nelson up and play him and we play the 3rd string QB most of the game. We sit all the starters against the donks.

Yeah, I probably wouldn't rest them that long either but the fact that they COULD is definitely a positive.

I gotta say, all the hand wringing and nervousness in this thread just kills me. It's ****ing football. You play if you are able when the 1 Seed is on the line. FFS, we really have 3 tough games coming up. I'm officially acknowledge the Donks as a legit tough game. If you can play you play! Patrick ain't the only guy that needs rest. 2 games in 6 days...get it done and then you rest.

Seriously, some of you are the type who wouldn't leave your house if it was snowing out for any reason.

Maybe we should just sit Patrick for the whole regular season so he's good to go for the playoffs.

Sheesh.

We should get Mahomes and Kelce on the podcast responding to this week's CP meltdown of a mild ankle sprain and Kelce's love handles and now apparent lack of muscle.

bills fans are shitty

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sniff….my ankle….Im gonna pretend to limp heavily. Can you give me a cart off near the tv cameras for dramatic effect? Don’t worry. I’ll practice fully on Tuesday after I get this much needed attention. <a href="https://t.co/vjgPlbla1r">pic.twitter.com/vjgPlbla1r</a></p>&mdash; Bills Mafia Rochester (@BillsMafiaRoc) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillsMafiaRoc/status/1869474678596923599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol.

Watching Bills fans melt down again is my favorite part about beating them in the playoffs.

Every year it gets progressively more entertaining as they descend further into madness.

Eh, just show them one of more than 100 Allen flops.

Nah you can play Hollywood and Humphries with Wentz against Pitt and Denver. Then treat the rest like training camp and go into playoffs like it’s week 1.

Justin is a media fraud. They pimped him up as elite and blamed the coach and now he has a media hyped great coach and he still sucks.

What?

I’ll bite who’s Justin