Patrick Mahomes cleared to play in AFC Championship after suffering head injury

Patrick Mahomes is nice to go.

The Tremendous Bowl LIV MVP informed reporters Friday he cleared the final stage of concussion protocol and can have the ability to play within the AFC Championship towards the Buffalo Bills.

Mahomes was compelled to go away the Kansas Chiefs ‘divisional-round recreation towards the Cleveland Browns early after hitting his head on the bottom on a deal with. He was helped up by his teammates however didn’t appear to be he knew he was in Arrowhead Stadium enjoying in a playoff recreation.

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He was final seen heading again to the locker room beneath his personal energy however didn’t return. Chad Henne got here into the sport and threw a nasty interception, giving the Browns some hope. Nonetheless, Henne would redeem himself later within the recreation with a gutsy scramble and a game-ending completion.

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) is helped off the sector by teammate Mike Remmers, proper, after getting injured through the second half of an NFL divisional spherical soccer recreation towards the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Kansas Metropolis. (AP Photograph/Charlie Riedel)

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Chiefs coach Andy Reid informed reporters earlier within the day that Mahomes solely wanted clearance from an unbiased neurological guide and the Chiefs’ physician.

Mahomes had been at observe all week and went via the reps, however couldn’t do a lot else as a result of he was within the protocol.

Payments coach Sean McDermott informed reporters that the workforce was making ready as if Mahomes was going to play.

“I suppose at the start of the week we weren’t fairly certain, and we actually will not know, I suppose,” he stated. “It is in all probability trending in that course, so that is what we’re anticipating.”

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Kansas Metropolis is one win away from a second consecutive Tremendous Bowl look.