Here is something you seldom see, the book makers made a mistake.
You can’t blame them.
If you saw Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes helped off the field in the late stages of his team’s win over the Cleveland Browns last Sunday, you wouldn’t have to be a doctor to see the signal caller suffered a significant injury. It was later diagnosed as a high ankle sprain which is an injury that most often sidelines an athlete for a week or more.
On Monday morning, the Chiefs released a statement categorizing the injury as a “mild high ankle sprain.” Yeah, sure, that is akin to the teenage girl explaining her situation as a “little pregnant.”
The books surmised that the Chiefs would be without Mahomes for their upcoming Saturday game against the Houston Texans. Kansas City is also scheduled for a game on Christmas Day, which means from the time of the injury Andy Reid’s men will play three games in 11 days. From all practical perspectives, that had the football thinking world considering the possibility that Mahomes would not only miss this Saturday’s game but the Christmas Day skirmish too.
Most often a high ankle sprain will tighten before it heals, making Monday and then Tuesday more painful than the day the injury was suffered.