Patrick Mahomes concussion: Andy Reid says QB ‘doing great right now’ after Chiefs win behind Chad Henne

Patrick Mahomes ran to the locker room as he was compelled to exit the Chiefs‘ divisional spherical playoff recreation towards the Browns after taking a tough hit. Mahomes was declared out for the rest of the sport after he was evaluated for a concussion within the locker room, however coach Andy Reid did not sound apprehensive about his star quarterback after the Chiefs pulled out a 22-17 win with Chad Henne taking up.

“He bought hit behind the top and kinda knocked the wind out of him and all the pieces else with it,” Reid stated.” He is doing nice proper now which is an actual constructive as we checked out this. Handed all of the offers that he wanted to move so we’ll see the place it goes from right here.”

The previous MVP got here out after he was tackled by Browns linebacker Mack Wilson with 7:44 left within the third quarter. Kansas Metropolis led 19-10 when Mahomes left the sport. Veteran Chad Henne changed Mahomes underneath heart. A 14-year veteran, Henne led the Chiefs to a area aim earlier than finishing a game-clinching, fourth-down move to Tyreek Hill. Henne’s game-winning conversion to Hill got here after he almost transformed a third-and-long together with his legs. Kansas Metropolis will host the Payments in subsequent Sunday’s AFC title recreation. 

Mahomes took to Twitter following the Chiefs’ win. Particularly, Mahomes gave props to his backup, who had by no means performed in a playoff recreation previous to Sunday. 

Mahomes, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, aggravated his foot throughout the first half of Sunday’s recreation. At halftime, Chiefs coach Andy Reid informed CBS Sports activities that Mahomes was OK and that the Chiefs wouldn’t alter their offensive recreation plan. After Mahomes left the sport, the Chiefs prolonged their lead on Harrison Butker’s third area aim of the afternoon. 

Mahomes went 21 of 30 for 255 yards previous to leaving the sport. His 20-yard landing move to Travis Kelce helped the Chiefs take a 16-3 halftime lead. Mahomes will hope to be obtainable to play in subsequent week’s recreation towards the Payments, because the Chiefs want to turn into the primary repeat champion for the reason that 2003-04 Patriots.