While there have been questions about Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes playing Saturday afternoon against the Houston Texans, it has been made official that he will start according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The news about Mahomes is one of the few injuries that was being monitored as well as Chiefs wide receiver Hollywood Brown who will make his debut against the Texans.

Mahomes would limp off the field in Kansas City's last game against the Cleveland Browns which had fans worry, but it seems like they can breathe a sigh of relief. If Mahomes could not go against the Texans, it would be former Philadelphia Eagle and Indianapolis Colts starter Carson Wentz, who stepped in for the injured star in the aforementioned Browns game.

There has been talk about the Chiefs not firing on all cylinders on offense, even though the team is 13-1, which is the best record in the entire league. Mahomes himself has thrown for 3,348 yards (10th in the NFL) to go along with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Once again, Mahomes would provide updates about his injury as well as Chiefs head coach Andy Reid who seemed to be confident heading into Saturday afternoon that he would be fine and ready to play. However, there were some fans and many in the football world who speculated if the team would hold out Mahomes for rest as while the team still fights for the No. 1 seed, it's important to have the superstar for the postseason when it arrives.

Chiefs had confidence during the week about Patrick Mahomes' status

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Still, the Chiefs are confident in Mahomes being able to go out there and play as Reid would say after practice it “amazed” him to see the signal-caller take a serious-looking injury and be fine shortly after according to ESPN.

“He did look good out there,” Reid said. “He moved around pretty good. So, you're always looking to make sure they can get out of the way, not to further any harm to them. So that's what I look at.

“I've been through it with him before, and he amazed me every time he does it,” Reid continued. “The guy, he's been so mentally tough and just puts it into a mindset that he has going into it [from] where he was a few days ago.”

The short recovery process was also due to Mahomes being strict about getting right the crucial game as per ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, the Chiefs star was “in the building about 12 hours a day.”

“(Mahomes) did project confidence all day,” said Fowler. “He walked into that press conference room with no brace or wrap on his ankle, he was just wearing tennis shoes, tied, no visible limp, on the practice field, limp, in the stretching exercises, during the limited period we saw. He's been in the building about 12 hours a day trying to get that ankle right with the right movement.”

The team looks to end the season with a bang which starts Saturday as the Chiefs face against the Texans, led by CJ Stroud and others.