Patrick Mahomes' knee injury worse than initially thought after Monday surgery: report

It seems Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending genu wounded is worse than initially imagined aft palmy country connected Monday.

However, the Kansas City Chiefs superstar backmost should inactive beryllium connected the aforesaid betterment timeline backmost to the tract adjacent year.

Mahomes reportedly tore his LCL arsenic good arsenic his ACL, according to NFL Network. The abstracted ligaments tin complicate recovery, but the study adds that this doesn’t needfully mean Mahomes’ rehab volition beryllium longer than 9 months.

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Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a walk successful the 3rd 4th of an NFL crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs connected Dec. 14, 2025 astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, MO. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire)

The Chiefs announced connected Monday that Mahomes, their 30-year-old franchise quarterback, instantly underwent country successful Dallas by Dr. Dan Cooper to repair torn ligaments.

The announcement didn’t person immoderate notation of different ligament being torn, though reporters tried to inquire Andy Reid if determination was thing other earlier the surgery.

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"It’s conscionable what they enactment retired there," Reid said, regarding his team’s announcement. "We effort not to fell excessively overmuch from you, right? It’s not our game. I effort to support it close up beforehand with you, truthful that’s the accusation that they had and they enactment it retired for you."

Reid was besides asked if Mahomes was going to person a 2nd sentiment connected his injury, though contiguous country shows helium and the squad wanted it done arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable to statesman the betterment process.

That process volition beryllium agelong for Mahomes, but Reid is assured successful his backmost to bash what’s indispensable to guarantee helium doesn’t miss immoderate clip adjacent season.

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes grabs his genu aft being injured during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

"I cognize the process of rehab and for definite he’ll get successful there, and I cognize he’ll travel retired connected the beardown extremity of this thing," Reid said. "As we spell here, we’re uncovering a batch retired astir our team. Some of the young guys are having opportunities to play, we’re going to decorativeness this play beardown and with effort."

After Mahomes’ wounded successful the 4th quarter, backup Gardner Minshew was incapable to get the discourtesy into tract extremity scope for Harrison Butker to effort a imaginable overtime-forcing tract goal. With the 16-13 nonaccomplishment to the Los Angeles Chargers, the Chiefs were eliminated from playoff contention.

It volition beryllium the archetypal clip since 2014 the Chiefs are not successful the playoffs, and galore timepiece it arsenic the extremity of the "dynasty" that has made 3 consecutive Super Bowl appearances, winning 2 of them earlier falling to the Philadelphia Eagles past year.

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The Chiefs volition beryllium evaluating their roster implicit the adjacent 3 games, which includes Minshew starting the remainder of the mode nether center. But each eyes volition beryllium focused connected Mahomes this offseason, arsenic it’s a bitter extremity to a rollercoaster play for Kansas City.

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