Josh Papalii has revealed how he feared he had broken his ankle, and laughed at suggestions the Broncos were convinced he and the Raiders were playing mind games ahead of Sunday’s qualifying final.

“No mind games here, bro,” said Papalii, as he shared a photo of his heavily bruised and swollen left ankle.

Papalii was named on an extended bench for the Raiders, but said he would make a call a few days before the sold-out game at GIO Stadium to allow the team to prepare accordingly.

The veteran enforcer broke down at training last Friday and has been working around the clock to get himself right.

“I thought it was broken,” Papalii told this masthead. “I legitimately tripped over my own foot. I rolled the left ankle and rolled the right ankle inwards at the same time. The main issue was t

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