By Nate Taylor, Zac Jackson, Dianna Russini and Lauren Smith
A week after clinching their ninth consecutive AFC West title, the Kansas City Chiefs added another win Sunday on the road with a 21-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns. But the win was overshadowed as Patrick Mahomes left the game with an ankle injury with less than eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, which was later determined to be a sprained ankle, per a team source.
Backup Carson Wentz finished the game for the Chiefs.
“It’s sore,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said of Mahomes’ ankle postgame. “It’ll literally be day to day. He probably could’ve gone back in. He wanted to go back in. There was no need for that.”
Mahomes will have more tests on his ankle Monday, according to the source. He threw for 159 yards and two touchdowns in the win before exiting.
The Chiefs (13-1) never trailed in a fourth consecutive win, posted their highest margin of victory this season and collected a season-best six takeaways, including four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
Cleveland running back Nick Chubb exited the game in the third quarter with a broken foot, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed after the game. The Browns (3-11) were also briefly without Myles Garrett after the star defensive end left the field with an eye injury late in the second quarter. Garrett returned to the game during the next defensive series.
