With beginning quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ standing remaining unclear, the Kansas City Chiefs might have backup Carson Wentz to indicate why he was as soon as thought of a rising star.
In Sunday’s 21-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns, Mahomes exited after struggling an ankle harm late within the recreation.
On Monday, NFL Media insider Ian Rapoport reported that assessments confirmed he suffered a excessive ankle sprain. Rapoport added the QB may nonetheless observe this week. If he cannot, he’ll seemingly miss Saturday’s dwelling recreation towards the Houston Texans (9-5).
Towards Cleveland, Wentz changed Mahomes, finishing 2-of-2 passes for 20 yards. In his postgame news conference, Mahomes mentioned he may’ve completed the sport, however letting Wentz play was the best selection.
“I believed the good move we talked about was to place Carson in,” Mahomes mentioned. “I’ve quite a lot of belief in Carson, too. He is performed soccer, and he is received soccer video games. [We] put him on the market, and I believed he did an amazing job transferring the soccer and operating time without work the clock and placing us ready to win the soccer recreation.”
In fact, Wentz cannot simply be a recreation supervisor towards Houston’s elite protection. The Texans rank tenth within the league in factors allowed (21.4) and sixth in passing yards allowed (196.9).
Wentz could also be extra succesful than the common backup, although. In his first eight seasons with the Rams, Commanders, Colts and Eagles, the 2016 No. 2 general choose had a 47-45-1 regular-season beginning report, tossing 153 landing passes and 67 interceptions.
When he was with the Eagles in 2017, Wentz finished third in MVP voting and posted an 11-2 beginning report earlier than tearing his ACL.
The previous second-team All-Professional may succeed with an offensive mastermind in Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. If he does, that might assist Kansas Metropolis (13-1) clinch the No. 1 seed within the AFC.
Per CBS Sports activities’ Jeff Kerr, the Chiefs will safe home-field benefit all through the playoffs in the event that they beat Houston and the Buffalo Payments (11-3) lose to the New England Patriots (3-11) on Sunday at dwelling.
