Patrick Mahomes suffers brutal knee injury as Chiefs eliminated from playoff contention

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes suffered a near genu wounded successful the team’s crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers connected Sunday.

Mahomes was trying to cobble unneurotic a comeback triumph oregon astatine slightest a accidental to necktie the crippled down 3 points. He was rolling to his close erstwhile helium was deed by a defender. It appeared Mahomes hyperextended his genu arsenic helium went down to the ground.

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Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) scrambles during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

He stayed down for respective moments earlier helium was helped up. He was limping connected the sideline arsenic Gardner Minshew II came into the crippled for him.

Mahomes finished the crippled 16-of-28 with 189 passing yards and an interception. He scored a rushing touchdown successful the archetypal quarter.

Minshew threw an interception connected the last thrust and the Chargers celebrated a 16-13 win.

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Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) scrambles during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City needed a triumph to enactment successful the playoff hunt. With the nonaccomplishment coupled with victories by the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars, the Chiefs were knocked retired of the playoffs.

The Chiefs had made it to the AFC Championship each twelvemonth since 2018 and won the AFC West part 9 consecutive years.

Mahomes came into the crippled bruised and battered arsenic Kansas City struggled passim the season. Between injuries and players being disconnected the tract for disciplinary reasons, the Chiefs hadn’t looked thing similar the Super Bowl-contending squad from the past 5 years.

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Losing Mahomes for an extended play of clip would beryllium the cherry connected apical of a brutal season.

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