US EditionPatrick Mahomes Suffers Leg Injury as Chiefs Are Eliminated From Playoffs
Mahomes, sidelined by a knee injury late in the game, was replaced by Gardner Minshew who threw a decisive interception, ending the Chiefs' 11-season playoff streak.
- On Sunday, December 14, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes limped off after a leg injury with less than two minutes to play, was taken to the sideline medical tent, and later helped to the locker room.
- Mahomes had been managing a knee issue for weeks and appeared on last week's injury report but was cleared to play both Sunday Night Football and this game.
- After Mahomes left, Chiefs backup quarterback Gardner Minshew, 29, threw an interception that sealed the 16-13 loss, eliminating Kansas City from the playoffs for the first time in 11 seasons.
- A postgame update confirmed Patrick Mahomes will have an MRI Sunday night or Monday, December 15, and if sidelined, Gardner Minshew would likely start the final three games.
- The Kansas City Chiefs, winners of three Super Bowls in five seasons, face an uncertain future as Patrick Mahomes, two-time NFL MVP, questions his immediate availability after the playoff exit.
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Week 15 in the NFL – and the Kansas City Chiefs season is over! The dominator of recent years has left the playoff race.
Kansas City Chiefs said good-bye this Sunday of the NFL’s 2025 season in week 15. The current tournament runners will be left without the possibility of playing the LX Super Bowl. The Chiefs (6-8) — one of the top players of the last decade in the NFL — fell by 13-16 to the Chargers of Los Angeles (10-4) and sealed their elimination. It will be the first time since 2014 that they haven’t played the ‘playoffs’ to the title. It was a particularly …
Patrick Mahomes Suffers Leg Injury as Chiefs Are Eliminated From Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes limped off the field after suffering a gruesome leg injury late in the game against the Los Angeles Chargers. With less than two minutes to play on Sunday, December 14, Mahomes, 30, was tackled awkwardly along the sideline, and immediately grabbed his left knee in pain. His knee seemed to buckle on the play. Trainers attended to Mahomes, and after a few minutes on the field, he limped off and was ta…
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