Imagine if he had two good ankles. Patrick Mahomes hopped and hobbled to the sideline at the end of the first half, unable, or at least unwilling, to put any weight on his right leg after the Eagles linebacker TJ Edwards had dragged him down by it.
He showed no such struggle two quarters later, as he accelerated away from the league’s best pass rushers and into the open field on the 26-yard run that set his team up to win Super Bowl LVII.
