Patrick Mahomes’ injury is a premature sunset to what has been an already disappointing Chiefs season. It brings a darkness so thick that it will linger well into next season.
For Philip Rivers, he emerged from years of darkness to display a flicker of light on a position many of us thought was cast in shadow a week ago.
For Chiefs Kingdom, Mahomes’ torn ACL is a devastating blow that inflicts deep pain and a potential death blow to a dynasty. He was having his best campaign since 2022 — both in real life and in fantasy. Now, fantasy managers who have leaned on him — if they survived the first round of the playoffs — are looking for a new QB.
Colts Nation hit rock bottom last week, when Daniel Jones was lost for the season during the team’s third straight defeat after a red-hot start to the season. The QB situation was so dire, they coaxed 44-year-old Rivers out of retirement.