NFL Insider drops latest update on Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ elbow injury with MRI results now in
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes appears to have avoided major injury, according to a new report from NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes got some good news about his elbow injury shortly after Week 9’s win over the New York Jets.
After the game against the Jets, Mahomes spoke extensively about dealing with the elbow injury. During that chat with reporters, he revealed that he’d have additional testing done on his elbow. He felt pretty confident that it wasn’t a major injury; however, he was cautious in his approach. You don’t truly know until you know, and now he knows that he avoided any major injury.
At least that’s according to the latest insider report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ MRI results didn’t reveal any major injuries
Rapoport took to X shortly after Sunday Night Football kickoff to deliver an update on Mahomes. According to his sources, MRI results came back negative for any major injuries.
“Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes underwent an MRI following today’s win and sources say the tests did not reveal a major injury,” Rapoport wrote. “Mahomes’ elbow strain/sprain will be monitored over the next few days for pain and swelling. But so far, so good. Mahomes did go back in the game.”
It’s a major sigh of relief for Chiefs Kingdom. He was obviously able to finish the game, so there was plenty of reason for optimism, but this confirmation means that No. 15 is unlikely to miss any time with his ailments.
What comes next for Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes?
Even without a major injury, Mahomes still has work to do to be ready for the next game. He didn’t feel 100% when he started throwing the ball in the second half. For him, it starts with getting the swelling and fluid in his elbow under control during the upcoming week of practice.
“I felt like out of half, I wasn’t throwing the ball the way I wanted to,” Mahomes said. “But as the game went on, and we kind of continued to work through it, and kind of got warmed back up, I thought I kind of started throwing the ball better towards the end of the second half. And so that’ll be important this week, is kind of getting that the swelling and the fluid out of it, so I can be ready to go from the first snap next week.”
Rest assured, Chiefs VP of Sports Medicine and Performance Rick Burkholder will meet with ace trainer Julie Frymyer to put a specific plan in place for Mahomes. That could include a limited practice session early in the week, with the team ramping things up as they go.
All in all, the goal is to be ready to face the Atlanta Falcons on the road in Week 10. The team will have the next six days to get Mahomes ready to go.
