Despite an injured ankle, the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes said after practice for the AFC title game vs. the Bengals: 'I feel like I can still do a lot of things.'
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“He’s a tough guy and I told him this the other night,” the seven-time Super Bowl winner said during an appearance by Chiefs coach Andy Reid on the podcast “Let’s Go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray.”“I said, `I’m just really happy for you.’ And that’s what champions are made of at the end of the day. I really respect Patrick for how he came out there in the second half and how pissed he was when he got taken out by coach Reid.
Unlike a common ankle sprain, which can be stabilized with a foam wrap and tape, a high ankle sprain sometimes requires surgery. The injury is a disruption of the ligaments that hold the tibia and fibula together and form a socket for the lower ankle and foot.Quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy combined for 11 touchdowns when they played for Oklahoma and Iowa State, respectively, and matched up in 2019. On Sunday, they battle for a Super Bowl berth.
“Most people with a high-ankle sprain need at least four to six weeks to recover from that,” said Dr. Daniel Kharrazi, sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles. “So the fact that [Mahomes has] done it in one week and was walking in his press conference is not common, let’s put it that way.
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