A hit before halftime, then a scare
Kansas City won big on Sunday, 35-12 over the New York Jets, and still left with a question mark. Patrick Mahomes will undergo additional tests on his right elbow after taking a shot from Jets rookie edge rusher David Bailey with 1:33 left in the first half.
Mahomes walked off holding the elbow with his left arm and looked to be in real pain. He came back and finished 23 of 31 for 242 yards and two touchdowns, but said afterward he was not happy with how the arm felt in the second half.
His read, for now, is encouraging. “Once I threw the football, I knew it wasn’t, hopefully, I haven’t done the test yet, it wasn’t ligament-type stuff, it was more muscle-type stuff,” he said.
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Reid keeps Fields on standby
Andy Reid said the team would follow every step to confirm Mahomes is fine. If the tests give the Chiefs pause, the plan would be to prepare Justin Fields to face the Falcons next Sunday. Fields did not throw a pass against the Jets and ran twice for minus-1 yard.
Reid described the moment this way: Mahomes took a pretty good shot to the throwing arm, left in some pain, told the staff the elbow was sore, and was determined to get back out there. Mahomes returned to start Week 1 after a season-ending knee injury in 2025, so any new problem lands hard.
On the field, Kenneth Walker ran for 102 yards and scored three touchdowns, two of them off passes from Mahomes, as the Chiefs shook off a slow start. They had dropped two straight before this win and now sit at 6-2.
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