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Patrick Mahomes suffered high ankle sprain, vows to be ‘good to go’ for AFC Championship

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When it happened, it was about the quietest you’ll ever hear things at Arrowhead Stadium.

With 2:40 left in the first quarter of the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional round game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday, Patrick Mahomes found himself pinned between two Jacksonville defenders — edge-rusher Arden Key, and defensive tackle Corey Peters. As Mahomes went to the ground, Key rolled up on Mahomes’ right ankle, and Mahomes was in obvious pain.

Here is Mahomes’ ankle injury pic.twitter.com/D4cBu3Qq2C

Mahomes tried to resume play, but as he was one-hopping simple handoffs at that point, it didn’t look good.