patrick mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs it won the 2023 Super Bowl in February, the organization’s second championship in four years.
Mahomes entered rarefied air by becoming the sixth player to win multiple Super Bowl MVP.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs to a 27-20 victory over Jacksonville in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
But Kansas City’s return to the top of the sport came to an abrupt halt in the AFC divisional playoffs against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Mahomes was forced to go to the locker room in the second quarter after spraining his ankle, and backup quarterback Chad Henne entered the game.
In the latest episode of «Quarterback» on Netflix, Mahomes can be heard pleading with the Kansas City coaches to wait until halftime to get an X-ray on his ankle.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes hurts his ankle in the first quarter of an AFC divisional playoff game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on January 21, 2023 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
«Why can’t I do it at half time?» Mahomes told Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy after being told to head to the locker room.
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«F—!» Mahomes yelled as he threw his coat and ran off the field. «God—- that!»
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Mahomes had an ankle X-ray and Henne was the Chiefs’ quarterback until Mahomes’ ankle came back negative.
«Every time you’re in that X-ray machine, no matter what you think happened, you lose your breath. You don’t even know what to think,» Mahomes said in the docuseries.
Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs yells in the end zone against the Philadelphia Eagles before the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
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Mahomes returned to the game and played through a severely sprained ankle, leading the Chiefs to a 27-20 win over Jacksonville.
The ankle injury was a major topic of conversation heading into the 2023 Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles, and Mahomes aggravated his high ankle sprain in the second quarter.
Kansas City opens training camp for the 2023 season on July 23.