The 27-year-old had been expected to play after he was listed as a full participant in practices all week but his absence from Friday’s injury report and comments from Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid confirmed his status.
He looks good,” Reid said on Friday. “He’s moving around good. He’ll go out and play.”’
Mahomes injured his ankle against the Jacksonville Jaguars after it got awkwardly caught underneath Jaguars’ Arden Key when he was brought down by Key and Peters in the first quarter.
He stayed in the game for the rest of the first quarter but was in obvious discomfort and headed to the locker room for evaluation and an X-Ray during the second quarter.
Chad Henne took over at quarterback and went on to lead the Chiefs to a touchdown to take a 17-7 lead.