Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes provides update on wrist injury suffered in Week 1

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Fans of the the NFL can rest easy knowing that Thursday night's matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers will feature two of the top quarterbacks in football. 

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes told reporters Tuesday that a wrist injury suffered in Kansas City’s Week 1 victory over the Arizona Cardinals will not keep him out of Thursday’s matchup with Justin Herbert. 

Quarterback Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers during the Las Vegas Raiders game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Sunday, September 11, 2022. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

"Yeah, it got a little sore yesterday but then today, it felt a lot better," Mahomes told reporters. "So (I) kind of got in the training room (and) got a little work on it. (I) haven’t actually had any time today to even get any work on it but it’s already felt a lot better so I’m sure I’ll be good to go this week."

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Mahomes injured his left wrist on the first of his five touchdown passes Sunday afternoon, playing through discomfort on the way to a 44-21 win. He underwent an X-ray after the game with the results coming back clean. 

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"I mean, it’s sore now for sure," Mahomes said Sunday, according to NBC Sports. "Definitely we went and looked at it, and got all the X-rays and stuff like that. Everything looked good. So we’re happy with that, and now it’s a short week so you have to be ready to go. But as the season goes on you’re going to have those bruises and stuff like that. You have to