Mahomes hopeful of swift return for Chiefs after ankle injury

The QB left last weekend's game with Cleveland in the fourth quarter

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00:00At the end of the day, I'm not gonna put our team in a bad position.

00:03So if I feel like I can play and go out there and win a football game, I'll play.

00:07And if I don't feel like that's the best case scenario,

00:10I'll let guys like Carson play.

00:11I mean, he's a guy that's won in this league as well.

00:13So obviously, we've put ourself in good position to where, I guess,

00:17I wouldn't say it was dire that I play.

00:20I mean, it's something where it's not like in the AFC Championship game where

00:23we're playing to get to the Super Bowl.

00:24I mean, we have a little bit of room to kind of spare.

00:27But at the end of the day, we're trying to win.

00:28We're trying to win the football game, and I'm a competitor.

00:30I wanna go out there and play.

00:32So I'll push myself to get to the best place possible over these next few days.

00:36And we'll be able to make a decision then.

00:37Especially this part of the year, practices look different already.

00:40There's not as many reps to go around to begin with.

00:42So whatever that looks like, I'll be ready.

00:45And I'm always in the back, going through it mentally,

00:48walking through it, doing different things on the side.

00:50Getting as ready as I can, but

00:52obviously, sometimes you just don't get those reps and you gotta go make it happen.