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Patrick Mahomes injury update: Chiefs QB getting second opinion before surgery on torn ACL

IMG_6598by: Nick Kosko13 hours agonickkosko59

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said QB Patrick Mahomes is set to get a second opinion in Dallas before undergoing surgery on his torn ACL. Mahomes injured his left knee in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Mahomes was injured prior to the end of the Chiefs’ game Sunday. Gardner Minshew stepped in at QB and will pilot the team under center for the final three games.

The injury happened with two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter when Chargers defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand brought down Mahomes, and it appeared the star quarterback’s left knee buckled. Mahomes was on the ground for a few minutes, and the training staff helped him to the locker room.

Mahomes, for the most part, has looked solid this season, but he has not looked like what fans saw in 2022 when he won his second MVP. Entering Sunday’s game, Mahomes has completed 63.1% of his passes for 3,398 yards, 22 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions with a 91.2 passer rating.

At 6-8, the Chiefs were officially eliminated from the playoffs after over a decade of making the postseason. In every season of Mahomes’ starting career (sans his rookie season), the Chiefs made the AFC Championship at minimum.

Entering the 2025 season, Mahomes and the Chiefs had Super Bowl aspirations since they made the championship game the last three seasons. They were looking to bounce back from the Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in February, but could never get any real momentum going this year.

“I think we’re really talented and we’ve got a lot of great players, but it’s about being more consistent. I think it starts with me,” Mahomes said back in November, per Nate Taylor of ESPN. “There’s times where I’m firing, and we’re moving the ball down the field at ease. But there’s times where we go in spurts where I miss a throw or a [pass] protection call. We haven’t been consistent enough to win games. It starts with me.”

The 2025 season will be one Mahomes would like to forget, but his career has been Hall-of-Fame worthy. The 30-year-old has won three Super Bowl MVP awards to go along with his three championships. Mahomes has also been named NFL MVP twice and has been named to the Pro Bowl six times.