2. Quarterback Gardner Minshew will make his first start for Kansas City.
Minshew will take the field for the 47th start of his career on Sunday, and his first with Kansas City. Minshew takes over for Patrick Mahomes, who was placed on Injured Reserve this week.
“[It’s] a quick turnaround from a very emotional game,” Minshew said. “Obviously, [there’s] the situation with Pat, and the situation with our team’s playoff picture, but you know what, you are where you’re at, and we have to turn this thing around and go get a win this week.”
Minshew certainly brings plenty of experience to the table. He started 20 games for Jacksonville from 2019-20, four games for Philadelphia from 2021-22, and he nearly led the Colts to the postseason in 2023. Now Kansas City’s starter for the final three games of the 2025 campaign, he’ll have an opportunity to add to that resume.
As for Mahomes, who underwent knee surgery on Monday, Chiefs’ Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance Rick Burkholder reported that the rehab process is already underway.
“[The doctors] said everything that he had in this injury was fixable – [it was] correctable – and it was fixed on Monday night by Dr. [Dan] Cooper,” Burkholder said. “He had no artery damage, no nerve damage, no joint surface damage, and no meniscal damage. He’s already started rehab down in Dallas – he was there first thing Tuesday morning – and he’ll be back here Friday.”
Burkholder’s complete statement can be found below.