As of Wednesday morning, Kansas City Chiefs S Tyrann Mathieu remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol. He suffered a concussion during the opening minutes of the divisional-round game against the Bills and was ruled out of the game as a result.
Mathieu must now clear the NFL’s five-step return-to-participation protocol if he’s to play during Sunday’s AFC championship game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Our latest update from Andy Reid on Monday morning said that Mathieu was in the building and feeling good. While there is optimism he’ll return for Sunday, he still needs to clear the protocol.
Below you’ll find a brief rundown of the steps that Mathieu will need to clear in order to be on the field with his teammates competing for the Lamar Hunt Trophy:
