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Patrick Mahomes (#15) falls to the ground after injuring his knee in the second half against the LA Chargers [Reed Hoffmann\/AP]<\/p>\nSuperstar quarterback expected to undergo surgery in the coming days and is out until the next NFL season.<\/p>\n
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore the ACL in his left knee during Sunday\u2019s loss against the Los Angeles Chargers, the team announced on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
An MRI exam displayed the seriousness of the injury that occurred with 1:53 remaining in the contest.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAn MRI has confirmed that Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes sustained a torn ACL in his left knee in today\u2019s game. Patrick and the club are currently exploring surgical options,\u201d the Chiefs said.<\/p>\n
About 40 minutes before the announcement, Mahomes said he was struggling emotionally but pledged that he would be better than ever once he recovers from the injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t know why this had to happen. And not going to lie it\u2019s hurts,\u201d Mahomes said on social media. \u201cBut all we can do now is Trust in God and attack every single day over and over again. Thank you Chiefs kingdom for always supporting me and for everyone who has reached out and sent prayers. I Will be back stronger than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 16-13 loss eliminated Kansas City from the playoffs for the first time in Mahomes\u2019 career. Head coach Andy Reid was fearing the worst shortly after the conclusion of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know but it didn\u2019t look good. I mean you guys saw it. We\u2019ll just see where it goes,\u201d Reid said.<\/p>\n
Patrick Mahomes (#15) falls to the ground after injuring his knee in the second half against the LA Chargers [Reed Hoffmann\/AP]<\/p>\n
Mahomes was scrambling outside the pocket when he was taken down from behind by the Chargers\u2019 Da\u2019Shawn Hand. His left knee appeared to be hyperextended as he went to the ground. Medical staff helped Mahomes limp to the locker room as backup Gardner Minshew entered the game in relief.<\/p>\n
The win completed a season sweep of the Chiefs for the Chargers, who are 10-4 and alive and well in the AFC playoff race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope Patrick (Mahomes) is OK. He is one of the greatest competitors of all time in the history of the game,\u201d Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said. \u201cI have total respect for him and just hope he\u2019s OK. Prayers and thoughts are with him. I hope he dodged a bullet.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Chiefs trailed 16-13 and possessed the ball at midfield at the time of the injury. Minshew\u2019s fifth pass attempt was picked off by Derwin James Jr at Los Angeles\u2019 18-yard line with 14 seconds left.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever respected anybody I play with more. I\u2019ve never seen anybody I play with give so much of themselves to the team,\u201d Minshew said. \u201cI have more confidence in him than anybody to come back better than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mahomes, 30, completed 16 of 28 passes for 189 yards and opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 12-yard rushing touchdown. He has passed for 3,587 yards, 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions this season.<\/p>\n
Kansas City (6-8) will likely finish the season with Minshew as starting quarterback. The Chiefs had reached 10 straight postseasons \u2013 the last seven with Mahomes directing the offence \u2013 and served as the AFC representative in five of the last six Super Bowls with three championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superstar quarterback expected to undergo surgery in the coming days and is out until the next NFL season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[265,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,88,6,817,686,28022],"class_list":{"0":"post-602024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-american-football","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sport","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-us-canada"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115722403688553949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}