Chad Henne, the backup quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, was brought in against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the playoffs after Patrick Mahomes struggled with his ankle.
Mahomes was taken into the tent and Henne was thrown in the divisional game. The quarterback injured his right ankle late in the first quarter. He went down after trying to complete a pass between two Jaguars defenders near midfield and came up limping after one of those defenders landed directly onto his ankle.
He stayed in the game, but he was in pain through the rest of the quarter. He was actively trying to hand the ball off on the next play and later threw a short pass off one foot to tight end Travis Kelce to end the quarter. The Chiefs’ training staff taped up his ankle during the break. He then came back to start the second quarter, though their drive was cut short. The Chiefs then gained a 50-yard field goal, which gave them a 10-7 lead.
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The quarterback watched the next Jaguars drive from the sidelines for quite some time, and seemed to be resisting calls to go to the locker room and have his ankle checked up. Mahomes was seen slamming his coat down on the sideline before taking off for the locker room with the training staff.
Henne then came in to replace Mahomes. He took over to start the drive back up at his 2-yard line after an impressive Jaguars punt. In the first quarter,
Mahomes finished 11 of 13 passing for 84 yards and a touchdown.
