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00:00Well, Dr. Chow, it did feel like an oh my God moment about
00:06eight minutes remaining in regulation yesterday between
00:09the Browns and the Chiefs as Patrick Mahomes limped off the
00:13field with what the Chiefs are calling a high ankle sprain. Of
00:17course, that will get a ton of conversation and focus this
00:21week around the National Football League. Dr. Chow, you
00:23and your team at Sports Injury Central. When you saw the play
00:27and the hit yesterday in the fourth quarter in the land,
00:31what was your initial evaluation? What do you make of
00:33what Mahomes, Andy Reid, and the Chiefs have said after? We
00:39looked at it and thought it was a right high ankle sprain and
00:42we actually felt that he could return to the game, but Andy
00:47Reid was being smart and not putting him back in and they've
00:51said that afterwards. Now, I get it in the vernacular. Now, we
00:56make a big deal out of high ankle sprains versus low ankle
00:59sprains, but just to remind viewers, Patrick Mahomes has
01:04played through a very similar high ankle sprain before.
01:08Remember back to the 2022 Divisional Playoffs versus
01:12Jacksonville. It happened in the first half and then the
01:16world went nutso when he got sent into the locker room for
01:19precautionary x-rays. Then he returned to the sideline and he
01:24did not immediately re-enter the game and the backup
01:28finished the drive and even took the kneel down after that
01:32and I'm saying live. I was saying live in my halftime
01:35injury chat on Pro Football Doc. Patrick Mahomes is coming
01:39back to this game, even though he's got the high ankle sprain.
01:42He did. They won in the second half. Then after the game, Ian
01:46Rappaport said he's got a high ankle sprain. Everyone says
01:48he's out for the rest of the playoffs. I'm like, no, he's
01:50going to play through. He's going to change his game,
01:53change his arm angle, not push off, and guess what? He beat
01:57the Eagles that year in the Super Bowl, won the conference
02:00and beat the Eagles. He's done this before. Will it affect him?
02:04Yes, he's able to modify his game. If he were a running
02:08back, this would be a much bigger deal. He's able to adapt.
02:11Now, with all that being said, he may miss the next game or
02:16two because it's a different situation. It's not must win
02:20for the Chiefs. They play two games in the next 10 days,
02:24including on Christmas and this Saturday. They're tough
02:28opponents, the Texans and the Steelers, but I think it's too
02:32early to tell whether he will play or not, but don't worry. In
02:37the infamous words of Schwarzenegger, he'll be back.
02:40It's just a matter of when and he'll be back well ahead of the
02:44playoffs.