Patrick Mahomes On Sunday, December 15, the Kansas City Chiefs left the field with an ankle injury against the Cleveland Browns.

The Chiefs quarterback, 28, injured his ankle in the fourth quarter of the game when he was replaced by a backup. Carson Wentz. Mahomes was listed as questionable to return by the Chiefs. As Mahomes walked off the field enraged, he was later seen riding in the back of a car. The NFL footage

"I was trying to make a play," Mahomes said, according to The NFL. “As soon as I threw the ball I got hit, and I didn't see it, it felt like someone hit me from behind too, so it kind of rolled over. That's what happens in football. Try binding back up but obviously it hurts a bit. Now we can get the rehabilitation part of it and try to get ready for next week."

Mahomes did not return to the game but watched from the sidelines as the Chiefs beat the Browns 21-7.

“Patrick, he's injured his right ankle. It's not broken, but it's sore,” the head coach said Andy Reid In an interview with reporters after the game, the quarterback said about the ankle, per social media. "He'll start on the rehab part of it as we go and then we'll see how he does."

"It's not broken, I can tell you that," Reid continued. “He will literally every day as we go forward. I don't know how swollen he is or which one he has."

Mahomes suffered a high ankle injury after being caught under two Cleveland Browns players: Defensive end Okoronkwo stage and defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr

"It's painful," Reid added told reporters. “It will literally be day by day. He could probably go back. He wanted to go back. There was no need for it."

Postgame footage showed Mahomes leaving the locker room and being wheeled behind a cart for further evaluation on his ankle — he wasn't wearing a brace or tape on the injured extremity.

"Usually the next day is when you get a good idea of ​​it," Mahomes said of his injury. “I think I could have finished the game in different situations. But I thought the smart decision was given to Carson. He played a lot of football and he finished the game well."

It is currently unclear if Mahomes will be ready to play with the Chiefs for their final two games of the year. The NFL teams are set to play the Houston Texans on Saturday, December 21 and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday, December 25.

Mahomes' injury comes after nearly $15,000 in fines Making a "violent gesture". During the Chiefs' November 17 game against the Buffalo Bills, which they lost 30–21. In the fourth quarter, Mahomes was caught by CBS cameras pantomiming using a shotgun after a big play. The NFL considered it a punishable offense for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Despite recent events, Mahomes previously said the fourth quarter of a football game should be "a little quieter" than the rest of the game.

"You want some blowouts," Mahomes told reporters after the Chiefs' 30-27 win over the Carolina Panthers on Nov. 24. “You want to calm down a little bit in the fourth quarter. I've always said that can be a good thing as you go into the playoffs and the postseason, just knowing you've been in those moments before and knowing how to attack it."