Patrick Mahomes left Sunday’s win against the Cleveland Browns because of an injured right ankle, but it didn’t break, the Kansas City Chiefs head coach said. Andy Reid confirmed after the match – a sigh of relief for fans after the starting quarterbackThis is regarding the fourth quarter release.

“It’s not broken, but it’s painful,” Reid, 66, said of Mahomes, 29. “He’ll start the rehab part and then we’ll just have to see how he performs later here.”

Mahomes and the Chiefs improved to 13-1 — the best record in the NFL — but the fourth-quarter injury struck fear into Kansas City fans as the star quarterback. limped off the field.

“I was trying to get out of the pocket, obviously, on fourth down, trying to make a play. And when I threw the ball, I kind of got hit, and I didn’t see it, but it was probably someone who hit me from behind too,” Mahomes explained. “I just got steamrolled. It kind of happens in football, and so I’m trying to bounce back and obviously hurt a little bit, but now we’re just going to get through the rehab part and try to be ready for next week.

Mahomes said it was “hard to say” how he felt immediately after Sunday’s win because he still had the “adrenaline” from the game. “Usually it’s a little bit the next day, you get a good idea. But I feel like I could have finished the match under different circumstances.

Reid said Mahomes “wanted to fight to” get back in the game and “probably could have gotten back in there,” but “it wasn’t necessary.”

“He’s a tough kid,” Reid added.

The Chiefs have already clinched a playoff spot, but are battling for the AFC’s No. 1 seed, which would give them a first-round bye in the playoffs and an extra week to rest before attempt to win their third consecutive Super Bowl in February.

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Despite the injury, Mahomes remained on the sideline with his team for the remainder of the game, as the Chiefs cruised to a 21-7 victory over the Browns.

Mahomes’ wife Brittany Mahomes was also on the sideline with her husband before the Chiefs took the field, sharing a pregame kiss with her husband and father of their two children: daughter Sterling Skye, 3, and son Patrick.” Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III, 2 years old. They are expecting their third child, a girl, they announced in July.