Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has a high ankle sprain, additional testing confirmed, and his status for this week’s game against Houston remains in question, a person familiar with the results told The Associated Press on Monday.

Mahomes was hurt when his right ankle was rolled up on while being tackled by the Browns’ Dalvin Tomlinson on a fourth down play late in the Chiefs’ 21-7 win Sunday. Mahomes limped to the sideline and Carson Wentz played the rest of the way in his place, but the two-time MVP insisted afterward that he would have lobbied to play if the Browns had gotten within one score.

“I feel like I could have finished the game in different circumstances,” Mahomes said afterward, “but I thought the smart decision, I think we talked about, was to put Carson in, and he’s played a lot of football, and he finished the game well.”

Mahomes has a history of ankle injuries, including a similar one against Jacksonville in Week 1 of the 2019 season. But perhaps most memorable was the playoffs in the 2022 season, when Mahomes hurt his ankle in a divisional-round win over the Jaguars, then played through the pain in beating Cincinnati for the AFC title and Philadelphia in the Super Bowl.

The schedule is doing the Chiefs no favors. They have one less day of recovery this week because of their Saturday game against Houston, then they have another short week with a trip to Pittsburgh scheduled for Christmas Day.

LIONS TAKE INJURY HIT

The banged-up Detroit Lions took some serious hits in their loss to the Bills.

Running back David Montgomery and defensive tackle Alim McNeill need to have season-ending knee surgeries after both were hurt against Buffalo, coach Dan Campbell said. Khalil Dorsey had season-ending surgery Sunday night after breaking his leg in the game.

The Lions will also be indefinitely without cornerback Carlton Davis III, who had a jaw injury in the 48-42 loss to Buffalo that ended their franchise-record 11-game winning streak.

Detroit’s roster has been decimated, putting 18 players on injured reserve and the latest wave will push that total past 20.

The Lions (12-2) have lost six starters on defense from their Week 1 lineup, including defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, who broke his leg two months ago at Dallas.

Montgomery played through his knee injury against the Bills, who limited him to 4 yards rushing on five carries and four catches for 31 yards.

He ran for 775 yards and 12 touchdowns this season and had 36 receptions for 341 yards.

McNeill will leave a big void on the defensive line, a position group that had seven players on injured reserve before the standout defensive tackle was injured.

GOOD NEWS ON DUBOSE

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant DuBose remained in the hospital but had movement in all extremities after being stretchered off the field following a scary helmet-to-helmet hit against the Houston Texans on Sunday.

In an update Monday morning, the Dolphins said DuBose remained at a Houston hospital for evaluation overnight, and that initial tests revealed “positive results” following the collision.

“We’ll be excited to see him when doctors deem it appropriate for him to fly,” coach Mike McDaniel said.

DuBose tried to make a catch in the third quarter, but was hit in the head by safety Calen Bullock before his head violently hit the turf. He appeared to clench both fists after the hit — movements consistent with what’s referred to as the “fencing response,” which can be common after a traumatic brain injury — before remaining motionless as medical personnel rushed to his side.

DuBose was tended to by emergency medical personnel on the field for at least 10 minutes. His jersey was cut off him and a neck brace was put on him.

DuBose was eventually put on a spine board where his arms and legs were strapped down and he was taken off the field. A tube of some kind was in his mouth and no movement could be seen as he was taken off the field and later hospitalized in stable condition.

Sunday was DuBose’s first game since Week 2 because of a shoulder injury.

CAMPBELL SUSPENDED

The San Francisco 49ers suspended linebacker De’Vondre Campbell for the rest of the regular season after he refused to enter a game after losing his starting job.

The news came four days after Campbell’s refusal to go into a game against the Rams was decried by coaches and teammates as a “selfish” act. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday that Campbell would no longer be part of the team, with the only question whether that would be by a suspension or an outright release.

The team opted for the suspension. The Collective Bargaining Agreement allows teams to suspend a player for up to four games without pay for conduct detrimental to the team and fine them one week’s pay.

Campbell makes about $67,000 in base salary each week under the one-year, $5 million contract he signed in March.

Had the 49ers waived Campbell, he would have had the opportunity to be claimed or sign with another team.

Campbell had started 12 of the first 13 games of the season and played 90% of defensive snaps for the 49ers but was benched Thursday night after Dre Greenlaw came back for his first game since tearing his left Achilles tendon in last season’s Super Bowl.

When the 49ers wanted to put Campbell in the game in the third quarter because Greenlaw was sidelined with soreness in his Achilles tendon, Campbell refused, something Shanahan said has never happened to him in his time as a head coach or an assistant in the NFL.

Campbell then walked off the field with a towel draped over his head and went into the locker room before the end of the game. Shanahan said he didn’t send Campbell to the locker room and didn’t know why he left the field.