The Kansas City Chiefs had a scare in Week 9 when quarterback Patrick Mahomes was smacked into the ground and came up holding his throwing arm. He didn’t miss a snap because he is one of the all-time toughest quarterbacks in NFL history, but the organization made an extra effort to make sure their two-time MVP was 100% fine.
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Sources: Chiefs had renowned baseball doctors weigh in on Patrick Mahomes’ elbow | ESPN
In addition to their own doctors reviewing scans of Mahomes’ elbow, the Chiefs branched out and had renowned doctors from the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers offer second and third opinions, sources told ESPN.
Doctors found that Mahomes suffered a muscle strain and also what one source described as “a very small sprain of his UCL.”
Chris Jones rejoins Chiefs after traveling on his own to Atlanta | Pro Football Talk
“Chris Jones has rejoined the team in Atlanta,” the team said. “He will play tomorrow.”
The situation was not injury related; the team attributed it to a personal matter.
It’s generally unusual for players to travel on their own to road games. This weekend particularly, individual travel became even more complicated, given the aftermath of Friday’s nationwide ground stop.
Five Things to Watch on Sunday | Chiefs vs. Falcons | The Mothership
An area where Penix has struggled, however, is when under pressure. According to ESPN Research, Penix has completed a league-low 18% of his passes when pressured this season, and looking at last week specifically, he completed just 1-of-9 passes for -3 yards and an interception while under pressure.
Fittingly, Kansas City is coming off one of its best games of the season in terms of pressuring the opposing quarterback. The Chiefs racked up a season-high five sacks against New York last week, recording a 50% pressure rate according to Next Gen Stats.
Here is who national experts predict will win KC Chiefs at Atlanta Falcons game | The Kansas City Star
Picking the Chiefs are four of the five writers at NFL.com: Brooke Cersosimo (26-23 final score), Gennaro Filice (31-19), Bobby Kownack (28-21) and Dan Parr (26-21). Taking the Falcons is Jeremy Bergman (24-20). This is part of what Parr wrote: “In the last three weeks, Atlanta has allowed the most rushing yards per game (a whopping 190) and the most rushing yards over expected (182). Of course, a huge chunk of that production came courtesy of the Buccaneers’ 324(!) rushing yards in a wet Week 8 tilt, but the Falcons allowed the previously dormant Bengals running game to churn out a season-high 123 yards last week (5.1 per carry) in Madrid.”
3 reasons Kansas City Chiefs might lose to Atlanta Falcons in Week 10 | Chiefs Wire
Starting right tackle Jaylon Moore is set to miss the Chiefs’ matchup against the Falcons due to an ankle injury, so Kansas City will functionally have backups at both tackle spots on its offensive line. If Atlanta is able to exploit the weaknesses of the Chiefs’ front five, Patrick Mahomes will have an exceptionally difficult time moving the ball downfield.
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Longtime side judge will work 2 games Sunday as NFL reassigns officials due to FAA ground stop | The Athletic
Miami-Indianapolis was originally slated to have Carl Cheffers as the referee, and Clete Blakeman was scheduled to wear the white hat for the Steelers-Bengals game.
It is not immediately clear whether an official has ever served as the referee for two NFL games in one day.
Willard, a nine-year NFL official, was inducted into the Mahomet (Ill.) Schools Foundation Hall of Fame this past summer. Named as his high school’s senior male athlete of the year in 1990, Willard told “The Mahomet Daily” that he has officiated six postseason games in his NFL career.
Ravens’ Jesse Minter ‘very impressed’ by Jacoby Brissett, feels team is ‘refreshed’ after mini bye week | NFL.com
“The stuff you heard about was just like, ‘Hey, he’s a veteran presence and a real pro,'” Ravens head coach Jesse Minter said Saturday regarding Brissett, per the team website. “Obviously, he’s been around different systems and things like that. I would just say, I’m very, very impressed with how fast he’s learned what we’re doing.”
Minter added: “Practice didn’t operate at any sort of different level for having a guy that literally just got here. Major credit to him, the work that he’s put in, his ability to work with the coaches and players and get on the same page in a short amount of time. That doesn’t guarantee anything but just excited to see him operate on Monday.”
What awaits Fernando Mendoza in his NFL debut? Facing Seahawks’ No. 1 defense, Raiders remind rookie he’s not ‘Spring Fernando’ | Yahoo! Sports
“In the quarterback room, sometimes Coach Sully, he’ll reference back to ‘Spring Fernando’…” Mendoza told reporters. “It just shows how much improvement there’s been, and I’m a lot more confident.”
“Spring Fernando” had plenty of proverbial skins on the wall, chief among them a Heisman Trophy and a national championship in his lone season at Indiana. But “Spring Fernando” didn’t understand his NFL playbook and teammates as deeply as Mendoza does now, teammates and coaches say. “Spring Fernando” responded differently to blitzes and showed a less advanced command of the huddle; he conceptualized two-minute drills and situational football with less nuance, and he threw the ball less accurately.
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Chiefs downgrade Kenneth Walker to out against the Falcons
Reid also discussed the possibility of Walker in relation to the opportunity for rookie running back Emmett Johnson.
“If Emmett has to do it, then we all have confidence,” Reid said. “He’s going to play anyway, so whether Ken’s there or not there, he’s going to play. So, everybody has confidence in him.”
Johnson is in line for his first career start against the Falcons, projected to take the lion’s share of the workload as rookie running back Jaydn Ott (hamstring) was also listed on the injury report as questionable.
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