Report: Patrick Mahomes’ toe not 100 percent

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All week lengthy on PFT Reside and PFT PM, we made this level relating to Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes: The concussion that eliminated him from the second half of final Sunday’s playoff win over the Browns might have helped him keep away from doing extra harm to his clearly injured toe.

The toe took a again seat to the concussion, however the toe is now again within the forefront of the dialog. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media studies that Mahomes certainly has “turf toe,” and that Mahomes at the moment is just not 100%.

Mahomes obtained no last harm designation on Friday, which signifies that he will likely be out there for regular responsibility. But when the toe isn’t 100%, the query turns into whether or not his responsibility will likely be regular.

Final week, Mahomes clearly favored the toe when hobbling round between performs. Throughout performs, he confirmed no unwell results of the harm, combating by means of no matter discomfort the harm was inflicting. And, provided that he was transferring as he usually would, he probably was doing extra hurt to the ligaments within the joint of his massive toe.

Video from Friday’s follow (embedded within the connected video) reveals Mahomes transferring round with out a limp or a hobble, however he by no means actually opens up and runs exhausting, pushing off the foot in a manner that would worsen the situation.

From a soccer standpoint, the standing of Mahomes’ toe raises questions on whether or not and to what extent he’ll transfer round on Sunday. Will the staff name performs that put him on the run? Will Mahomes choose, if nobody is open and the partitions are caving in, to run the ball or to throw it away?

It turns into a extra essential query provided that the staff and/or the participant might be leery about placing Mahomes in hurt’s manner, seven days after he bought up from a deal with clearly woozy and disoriented.

Mahomes, for his half, has vowed to “be myself.” Certainly, it’s exhausting to see Mahomes doing something aside from what he usually does. Whether or not meaning he’ll find yourself hobbling round between performs once more stays to be seen.