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Bill Simmons Worried About Albert Pujols-Ish Career Arc for Patrick Mahomes After Season-Ending ACL Tear
Mahomes' torn ACL ends Chiefs' 2025 season after a 16-13 loss to Chargers, eliminating playoff hopes and marking his first postseason absence since 2014.
- On December 15, 2025, the Kansas City Chiefs announced an MRI confirmed a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Patrick Mahomes' left knee, ending his season.
- Late Dec 14 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Mahomes scrambled and tried to throw the ball away when Los Angeles Chargers defensive lineman Da'Shawn Hand brought him down awkwardly, and he left clutching his knee.
- Mahomes wrote on X/Twitter, 'Don’t know why this had to happen. And not going to lie it’s hurts,' but remains optimistic about recovery.
- The Chiefs fell to 6-8 and are officially eliminated from the playoffs, marking Mahomes' first season without postseason play and the team's first miss since 2014.
- A typical ACL recovery of 9-12 months means Gardner Minshew, Chiefs backup quarterback, will start while the club pursues veteran quarterbacks for the 2026 season under general manager Brett Veach.
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Patrick Mahomes Tore His ACL And The Chiefs Tore Off The Bandage
Who else? Gardner Minshew brought down the Chiefs dynasty. Down 16-13 to the Chargers, helmed by a backup quarterback, and in field goal range, Kansas City had 20 seconds to save its slim playoff chances. Head coach Andy Reid had his choice of appropriate endings here. One would have felt more satisfying: He could have called some safe run plays and brought the field goal unit out so that it ended on a missed Harrison Butker kick. But Reid eithe…
The figure of the Kansas City Chiefs broke the ligaments at the end of the game in front of Los Angeles Chargers, which decreed the elimination of his team from the playoffs
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right2Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
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C 36%
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