Patrick's Health Thread

[oldtimer 8,683]

Charles Goldman 

 

January 24, 2021 9:26 am

A footnote from the aftermath of the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional-round win over the Cleveland Browns was a toe injury suffered by QB Patrick Mahomes. This happened prior to his exit from the game via the NFL’s concussion protocol. He’s spent the entire week of practice listed with the toe injury on the team’s injury report but carried no game status heading into the AFC title game. He still might not be 100%, though.

According to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Mahomes has been diagnosed with “turf toe,” which is a fairly common football injury involving the plantar plate and ligaments in the big toe. Mahomes is dealing with this issue in his left foot, but it doesn’t appear to be as severe as it possibly could be. This can be a super painful injury and depending on the severity, it can even sideline players or require surgery.

According to Rapoport, the injury did “limit his effectiveness” during the practice week, but he also took almost all of the first-team practice repetitions for Kansas City. The Chiefs’ practices this week were on the lighter side in general as they tend to be this time of year. Rapoport described them as a “slew of walkthroughs.”

Rapoport says that Mahomes will be reevaluated in the offseason for surgery, but there isn’t a belief that the injury currently needs it. That’s a good sign, but these injuries can also flare up and intensify at any time. It’ll be worth monitoring during the game.

“It’s feeling a lot better,” Mahomes said of his toe on Friday. “I mean the next day it was very sore and then every single day since then it has gotten a lot better. It’s stuff you deal with being a football player, you deal with injures and luckily enough for me, this wasn’t as bad as it looked and felt the day of and the day after.”

Mahomes says the injury won’t be an issue and there’s a video from the practice week to support that theory.

Even if Mahomes is feeling the injury, he’s been effective while dealing with injuries to his lower body in the past. Mahomes suffered an ankle sprain in Week 1 of the 2019 season. The following week he played through the injury and threw for over 400 yards and four touchdowns

[sith13 1,746]

Forgot all about his toe, could be a big issue if he loses mobility. OL needs to step up today.

[West 6,713]

Of course, there is the "Ronnie Lott" solution if necessary.

w

[azchief21 5,278]

29 minutes ago, West said:

Of course, there is the "Ronnie Lott" solution if necessary.

w

Toeectomy?

[Fmbl2187 2,279]

4 hours ago, sith13 said:

Forgot all about his toe, could be a big issue if he loses mobility. OL needs to step up today.

Yeah, they'd better toe the line.

[mex 65,581]

3 hours ago, West said:

Of course, there is the "Ronnie Lott" solution if necessary.

w

lol 

[mex 65,581]

2 hours ago, azchief21 said:

Toeectomy?

in Lott's case it would have been an autotoechtomy

[oldtimer 8,683]

Report: Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes wearing special orthotic for turf toe injury

Charles Goldman 

 

January 24, 2021 2:02 pm

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes will battle through turf toe in the AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills. He suffered the injury during the divisional playoff win against the Cleveland Browns, but it was largely overshadowed by him entering the NFL’s concussion protocol.

A new report from FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer has some new information on how the Chiefs are planning to protect Mahomes from worsening his toe injury during the game. Glazer dismissed the concussion issue as a non-factor heading into the AFC title game but said the team is “very concerned about” Mahomes’ toe.

According to Glazer, Mahomes’ left shoe will be equipped with a special carbon fiber orthotic that they’re hoping will protect the toe from further injury. This could cause some problems when it comes to his mobility, though. Carbon fiber is very rigid and doesn’t allow for the flexibility necessary for certain things. He could even have some trouble planting the foot and pushing off.

Check out the report from Glazer below, with some more information on the concussion situation as well:

 

It’s beginning to look like this toe injury is a little bit worse than initially let on by the team. Only time will tell whether it impacts Mahomes during the game. He could be dealing with limited mobility and a day throwing from the pocket or he could gut it out and look like his normal self out there. Let’s hope for the latter.

[West 6,713]

Tempest in a Teacup.

Patrick and his toe absolutely kicked ass yesterday.

[Adamixoye 604]

I bet he got shot up with the good stuff.  They mentioned a special shoe.  Also we all know how tough Patrick is.

We're fortunate it wasn't worse, and hopefully it doesn't regress in the next two weeks.  I'm betting offseason surgery is still on the table.

[Calichief 3,016]

He played a Toetal game. 

[mex 65,581]

2 hours ago, West said:

Tempest in a Teacup.

Patrick and his toe absolutely kicked ass yesterday.

A team without leaders is like a foot without a big toe. And Sergeant Hulka Patrick Mahomes isn't always gonna be here to be that big toe for us. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe... Patrick Mahomes.

 

[reesebobby 5,661]

I would think that two weeks off and the warm weather of Florida would be big pluses. 

[Fmbl2187 2,279]

1 hour ago, Calichief said:

He played a Toetal game. 

That's TERRIBLE (which means I like it).

[oldtimer 8,683]

44 minutes ago, reesebobby said:

I would think that two weeks off and the warm weather of Florida would be big pluses. 

with the new rules  the Chiefs can only go 2 days before the game

[reesebobby 5,661]

1 minute ago, oldtimer said:

with the new rules  the Chiefs can only go 2 days before the game

I meant during the game.  I would think a sore toe is better off during a warm game than a January game in KC.