![]() Mahomes got more stressed by things the Bills did, not the challenge of plays he had to make. And in the game’s waning moments, those plays came so frequently that his heart rate rarely had a chance to drop.” That’s right. But it’s Mahomes’s ability to find quiet and calm (on the sideline, in the huddle) that probably helps his team the most.Īs WHOOP concluded in its report, “The HR spikes didn’t come during pressure-packed situations, but rather following game-changing plays by both teams, often when Mahomes wasn’t even on the field. That sort of behavior can rev up a stadium. ESPN likes to show clips of Mahomes screaming in the end zone, flapping his arms around with excitement. But considering he’s wearing a WHOOP in the first place, he’s likely aware of the importance of managing one’s heart rate, and has strategies (think box breathing) that help him keep his composure.įootball is a violent sport, but it’s an intensely cerebral one, too, especially for the quarterback. We can’t know for sure how he’s doing this - he’s a superhuman athlete, so genetics obviously play a role. When he needs it to calm down, it responds in kind. When he needs his heart to work hard, it does. In other words, Mahomes is preposterously efficient. Mahomes’s heart got down below 80 in the middle of a nationally televised, do-or-die contest, during which he burned 2,347 calories. ![]() For a bit of perspective here: The average resting heart rate for an American adult is between 60 and 100 bpm. We'll continue to keep an eye on the situation, but the ankle is not impacting our 2023 projections for Mahomes.At other points in the game, his heart rate dropped all the way down to 79 bpm. Running and cutting, there will still be a few limitations going for the next few weeks.” Mahomes added that he expects to be at 100% come training camp. You might be a little sore on the weekends, but I think we’ve done a great job of pushing it to the right limit to where now I’m throwing and stuff like that and having no limitations there. ![]() When you go through the grind of the week of training, you’re trying to push it and go through the rehab process, but at the same time, you want to make sure you’re still building. “I wouldn’t say I’m 100%, but I’ve had no, necessarily, limitations. “Now, it’s been more about just kind of managing it, but getting the mobility back as best I possibly can,” Mahomes explained. Mahomes aggravated his right ankle injury in the Super Bowl.Ĭhiefs QB Patrick Mahomes conceded that the right ankle he injured in the Divisional Round of the playoffs still isn't back to 100%. Mahomes returned after halftime with his right ankle heavily taped. X-rays taken at Arrowhead Stadium were negative. Mahomes' injury surfaced in the 4th quarter. He played through the injury for the following games. Mahomes was diagnosed with a turf toe in his foot following the Divisional Round win over the Browns. Mahomes sustained a concussion in the 3rd quarter of the Divisional Round win over the Browns. Texas: Mahomes played the next game, which was 14 days later. Suffered a knee injury on a 4th-and-1 conversion in the second quarter He played the final 5 games of the 2016 season with that injury. Mahomes' injury was to the scaphoid bone in his left wrist.
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