Patrick Mahomes feels ‘perfectly fine’ after sickness and says prepared for Europe debut vs Dolphins
FRANKFURT, Germany — Patrick Mahomes feels “perfectly fine” after an sickness and stated on Friday he’s prepared to maneuver on from final week’s subpar efficiency when the Chiefs face the Miami Dolphins.
The Kansas City quarterback had flu-like signs earlier than shedding a fumble and throwing two interceptions in a 24-9 loss to the Denver Broncos.
“I’m feeling perfectly fine,” Mahomes stated Friday at a press convention after the defending Super Bowl champions landed in Frankfurt and held a follow. “It was kind of just that night and a little bit that next day. I kind of got back pretty quickly.”
Mahomes additionally sustained a reduce on his left hand, however stated he’s not apprehensive about it forward of Sunday’s sport.
“The hand is fine, just have to cover it up for some practices, but I don’t think I’ll have much of anything on it for the game,” he stated.
The Chiefs had key drops and 5 turnovers within the loss to the Broncos.
“You find that stuff, you correct it, you talk about it with your coaches and your teammates and then you move on,” Mahomes stated. “The NFL is a long season. That stuff happens.”
Running again Clyde Edwards-Helaire didn’t make the journey due to an sickness.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid stated they’ve achieved the Friday arrival – the Dolphins got here to Frankfurt on Tuesday to get acclimated – twice earlier than and received each video games, one in London and one other in Mexico City.
“The guys seemed to respond to it,” Reid stated. ”Every workforce is completely different in how they go about it.”
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Sunday will probably be a European debut for Mahomes, whose solely different worldwide sport was in 2019 when the Chiefs beat the Chargers 24-17 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
The Chiefs had been scheduled to face the Rams in Mexico a 12 months earlier, however the sport was moved – on six days’ discover – to Los Angeles due to poor area situations.
Deutsche Bank Park not too long ago changed its pure grass with a newly put in hybrid floor that’s largely grass bolstered with artificial fibers.
The NFL pushed for the change a 12 months after gamers and coaches complained about slipping on the pure grass at Allianz Arena in Munich.
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