Updated: 8:25 AM CST Jan 18, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript DOWN THERE. I AM JOHNNY ROWLANDS, BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. ROB: JOHNNY, THANKS SO MUCH. THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS DIFFERENCE PLAYED WELL THEY HAD SUNDAY. MANY HIGHLIGHTS, INCLUDING THIS PIVOTAL PLAY AS THE BROWNS TRIED TO SCORE BEFORE HALFTIME. >> RULE IT A TOUCHBACK. HE LOST THE FOOTBALL. AS HE REACHED FOR THE PYLON. IT IS ROLLED A TOUCHBACK! ROB: DAN SORENSON KNOCKED THE BALL OUT, PREVENTING A TOUCHDOWN AND KEEPING THE MOMENTUM IN THE CHIEFS FAVOR. THE DEFENSE ALSO HELD THE BROWNS RUNNING GAME IN CHECK, ONLY ALLOWING 112 YARDS IN THE GAME. AFTER THE GAME, DEFENSIVE STARS TYRANN MATHIEU AND FRANK CLARK WERE ASKED ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DEFENSE, AND THEIR ATTITUDES DURING THE GAME. >> IT’S PLAYOFF FOOTBALL. SURVEY UNIT HAS A TICKET UP FOR THEMSELVES RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE. IT IS ABOUT THE TEAM. >> WE CAME TOGETHER AND WON AS A TEAM. DISLIKE I REMEMBER EVERY GAME VIVIDLY. THE BEST ONES ARE WHEN YOU DO IT IS A TEAM. WE CAN GO IN THERE AND YOU GOT ALL THIS ADVERSITY, THESE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT COME UP IN THE GAME. THE QUARTERBACK, THOSE ARE ALL ADVERSE SITUATIONS. THE TRUE MEN RISE TO THE TOP. THE CREAM RISES TO THE TOP UNIVERSITY. ROB: ABSOLUTELY. THE MOMENT WE ALL FELT CAME IN THE THIRD QUARTER, WHEN PATRICK MAHOMES HAD TO COME OUT OF THE GAME. ON THIRD AND ONE, HE RAN AN OPTION TO THE RIGHT AND WAS HIT HARD. WHEN HE GOT UP, HE WAS WOBBLY AND DAZED. HE WENT TO THE TENT, THEN BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM FOR TESTS. EVENTUALLY, THE MEDICAL STAFF RULED HIM OUT WITH A CONCUSSION. THE HIT AND MAHOMES’ INJURY HAD CHIEFS KINGDOM CONCERNED, AND WE’RE STILL WONDERING HOW HE’S DOING. HEAD COACH ANDY REID SAYS MVPAT WAS FEELING GOOD AFTER THE GAME, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW HE IS TODAY. THE NFL HAS A VERY SPECIFIC CHECKLIST FOR MAHOMES TO GET THROUGH, TO BE READY FOR SUNDAY’S AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. KMBC 9’S MATT EVANS IS LIVE THI MORNING TO WALK US THROUGH IT. MATT, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR MAHOMES TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AGAIN? MATT: THERE ARE FIVE SPECIFIC STEPS PATRICK MAHOMES MUST COMPLETE AND GO THROUGH BEFORE HE IS CLEARED TO PLAY THIS SUNDAY IN THE AFC JEN: AGAIN. THIS IS THE NEW NFL CONCUSSION PROTOCOL AS THE LEAGUE IS TAKING CONCUSSIONS IN ITS PLAYERS MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY. THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROTOCOL HAPPENED THE MOMENT PATRICK MAHOMES WAS PULLED FROM THE GAME AND EVALUATED FOR A CONCUSSION. IT IS SYMPTOM-LIMITED ACTIVITY. HE WILL HAVE TO REST UNTIL ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS AND IN YOUR LOGIC -- AND A NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION RETURNS TO BASELINE STATUS. AEROBIC EXERCISE IS NEXT, WHERE MAHOMES WILL DO SOME CARDIOVASCULAR WORKOUTS UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF TEAM PHYSICIANS. THEN MAHOMES WILL DO SOME FOOTBALL-SPECIFIC EXERCISES ALONG WITH SOME STRENGTH , TRAINING. WHEN HE PROGRESSES FROM THAT, HE WILL GO INTO THE FOURTH STEP, WHICH IS CLUB-BASED NON-CONTACT TRAINING DRILLS, ESSENTIALLY KICKING UP THE INTENSITY OF EXCERCISE WHILE MONITORING NEUROCOGNITIVE AND BALANCI BASELINES. THE FIFTH AND FINAL STEP IS BEING CLEARED FOR FULL FOOTBAL ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT THE TEAM’S DOCTORS CLEAR MAHOMES, HE’LL STILL NEED TO BE EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT NEUROLOGICAL CONSULTANT BEFORE HE’S OFFICIALLY ALLLOWED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD. CHIEFS TIGHT END TRAVIS KELCE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS FOLLOWING THE GAME, SAYING IT WAS SURREAL WHEN MAHOMES WENT DOWN. -- WHEN MAHOMES WAS INJURED. >> IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN YOUR QUARTERBACK GOES DOWN, OR SOMEBODY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE OFFENSE OR TO THE TEAM, LIKE PAT IS TO THE TEAM. YOU GOT THE KIND OF THROW IT ALL INTO THE SAME BUCKET OF, WHEN ADVERSITY HITS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHERE DOES YOUR MIND GO? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE AS A TEAM? MATT: THERE IS NO CLEA AMOUNT OF TIME THAT A PLAYER CAN TAKE ON THIS CONCUSSION PROTOCOL. SOMETIMES PLAYERS PROGRESS VERY QUICKLY AND COMPLETE IT WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS OR SO. OTHER TIMES THEY CAN TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE INJURY AND OR THE PLAYER. WE WILL BE KEEPNG YOU UPDATED ON MAHOMES’ PROGRESS AS HE CONTINUES THROUGH THESE NEXT STEPS. MATT EVANS, KMBC 9 NEWS. ROB: THANKS SO MUCH. A CHIEFS FAN MADE IT HOME WITH A PIECE OF HISTORY. HERE IS THE OTHER SIDE. THE CHIEFS FAN RECORDED THE CELEBRATION AND THE CATCH ALL THE WAY FROM THE UPPER DECK OF ARROWHEAD. NEXT ON THE FIRST NEWS, YOU’RE GOING TO MEET JOHN WHITE, THE MAN WHO GRABBED THE BALL. WHAT HE PLANS TO DO WITH THAT PIECE OF CHIEFS’ PLAYOFF HISTORY. ♪ [CHEERS] ROB: POWER AND LIGHT WAS PACKED WITH CHEERING FANS SUNDAY. THE DISTRICT REACHED CAPACITY BEFORE KICK OFF. THERE WERE DISTANCING GUIDELINES, AND FANS WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY SEATED, AND KEEP THEIR MASKS ON IF THEY WEREN’T EATING OR DRINKING YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO, THAT WASN’T ALWAYS THE CASE. A LITTLE TENSION WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE AND BROWNS FANS IN THE MIX. STILL, THE CHIEFS GOT THE WIN, AND FANS WALKED AWAY RELIEVE IT WILL COST YOU TO GET A SEAT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. WE CHECKED THE CHIEFS WEBSITE AND FOUND TICKETS STARTING AT $821, AND GOING AS HIGH AS $4500. STUB HUB STARTS AT TICKETS FOR $736. LESS IS JUST A BIT MORE, AT $797 APIECE. AS THE CHIEFS WORK TO RUN IT BACK, WE’RE FOLLOWING ALONG, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, HERE ON KMBC AND KCWE. THIS FRIDAY, WE HAVE TWO DEFENDING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIALS. OUR TEAM SHOWS YOU THE KEYS TO THE MATCHUP AGAINST THE BILLS, AND WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR BOTH TEAMS. JOIN US FRIDAY NIGHT AT 6: