The Kansas City Chiefs continued to roll toward the AFC’s No. 1 seed after a 21-7 win over the Cleveland Browns, but there is concern over star quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Suffering what we now know to be a high ankle sprain and is considered week-to-week, the three-time Super Bowl champion was rolled up on from behind but was also hit from the front in what was an awkward hit as he was trying to make a play.

Given that the Chiefs had the game in hand over the Browns, head coach Andy Reid made the call to pull Patrick from the game. Reid stated post-game that Mahomes probably could have gone back in and finished the game, but the team clearly wanted to be cautious.

Now, Mahomes has given his thoughts on the grim ankle injury.

“I was trying to run up in the pocket, obviously fourth down trying to make a play happen, and as I threw the ball, I kind of got hit,” Mahomes said. “It felt like someone hit me from behind as well, and so I kind of just got rolled up on, kind of happens in football. [I] tried to bounce back up, but obviously it hurt a little bit now we’ll just get after the rehab part of it and try to be ready for next week.”

The Chiefs’ schedule doesn’t do Mahomes any favors as he tries to recover in time to face the Houston Texans in a few days, and then just four days after that, Kansas City faces the Pittsburgh Steelers.

So the franchise has a decision to make, and with the No. 1 seed basically achieved, there is a chance for the Chiefs to rest Mahomes for the Texans clash in an attempt to get his ankle healed.

While that is just an idea, we will get a better idea of how Mahomes is traveling in the next 48 hours, but it appears he is facing a race against time to be ready to go against Houston.