THE Kansas City Chiefs have been praised for their sportsmanship after Myles Garrett suffered a freak injury.
Andy Reid’s team continued their fine form with a 21-7 win over the Cleveland Browns yesterday.
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There was concern towards the end of the first quarter when Garrett looked in severe pain following a clash with Joe Thuney.
The Browns star appeared to be inadvertently poked in the eye by the Chiefs offensive lineman.
Garrett immediately paused, ripped his helmet off and threw it to the deck before dropping to his knees hurt.
When Patrick Mahomes noticed his rival down in pain, he gestured frantically for medics to come over.
Garrett walked off the field with his head in a towel and Thuney also made sure he was okay, coming over and putting his arm around him as he trudged off.
He missed just four plays before coming back onto the field.
On his injury, Garrett said: “I think it was literally the first play I took my visor off.
“It was raining and it was getting kind of blurry and then it got real blurry and dark after he hit me in the eye.
“It hurt a lot, but I was thinking I might not be able to see at all because I have LASIK and that’s why I wear the visor, I don’t want the flap to go up.
“If it does, then lights out and I have to go to the doctor.
“I’m going to the doctor tomorrow, see if there’s anything else that we didn’t see initially. But more at the moment, just in pain.”
After his classy gesture, Mahomes also suffered an injury and he was unable to finish the game.
The quarterback sustained an ankle problem after being hit by multiple Browns defenders mid-way through the fourth quarter.
