Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes received good news after a significant scare late in the first half against the New York Jets. A postgame MRI revealed no significant injury to his right elbow.
Mahomes' arm bent awkwardly backward during a second-and-4 play when Jets edge rusher David Bailey hit his arm as he attempted to throw the ball downfield, just before the two-minute warning.
Mahomes left the field with his right arm hanging by his side. The Jets recovered a fumble on the play, but Mahomes warmed up on the sideline and returned without missing a snap.
He finished 23 of 31 for 242 yards, throwing two touchdown passes to Kenneth Walker III.
Mahomes acknowledged the injury affected his early performance. "I felt like out of the half, I wasn't throwing the ball the way I wanted to," he said. "As the game went on — and we continued to work through it and it kind of got warmed back up — I thought I started throwing the ball better towards the end of the second half."
Mahomes said he felt good after the game but expects soreness. He plans to follow the team's standard recovery process for the Chiefs' Week 10 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons.
