Patrick Mahomes is off the injury report and is good to go for Saturday’s Kansas City Chiefs game against the Houston Texans.
Mahomes, who left during a win over the Cleveland Browns and was later diagnosed with a “mild” high ankle sprain, was a full participant in practice this week. He was tackled awkwardly and landed with his legs pinned in the fourth quarter. He limped off the field, and Carson Wentz came in to replace him the rest of the way.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said on Thursday Mahomes will “most likely” start and the quarterback was not given a game designation on the team’s injury report.
“I wasn’t sure. I’ve been through it with him before, and he amazes me every time he does it,” Reid said of Mahomes. “That guy, he’s so mentally tough. It’s just a mindset he has going into it. So where he was a few days ago, yeah, I’d probably say it was a long shot. But …