During a successful quarterback sneak near the goal line that converted a 4th and short in the second quarter, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes injured his right knee.
The reigning NFL MVP took off his helmet following the play and lay on the field, covering his face.
Hoping this isn't serious for Patrick Mahomes, who was visibly upset grabbing his right knee after converting on 4th downpic.twitter.com/0MjEbD9zNL
— NFL on ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsNFL) October 18, 2019
Soon, Mahomes had his right knee attended to by doctors and it appeared that they had to pop the kneecap back into place.
I'm no doctor, but that looked a lot like they just had to pop Mahomes' knee(cap) back into place.
Ouch pic.twitter.com/v8nZi3dbuz
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) October 18, 2019
Players from both the Chiefs and Denver Broncos consoled the third-year player after he got up from the ground at Mile High.
Patrick Mahomes is like a superhero. Players from both teams patting him as he leaves the field. No one wants to see him hurt like this #KCvsDEN pic.twitter.com/RSsN0L15DI
— Kevin Boilard (@247KevinBoilard) October 18, 2019
The cart drove onto the field, but Mahomes waved it away and limped off with trainers to go get X-rays.
Patrick Mahomes heading to the X-Ray room at Mile High. pic.twitter.com/Qky8Glikvt
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) October 18, 2019
After two minutes in the X-ray room, Mahomes went to the locker room.
Patrick Mahomes went straight to the locker room from the x-ray room pic.twitter.com/s7Ak8XgYuo
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) October 18, 2019
Almost immediately, he was ruled out for the game.
Chiefs’ QB Patrick Mahomes out for the night….and how much longer.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 18, 2019
At this point, it sounds as if the Chiefs could very likely be without their 24-year-old star for a few weeks and potentially the season.
This here has the good news, bad news, conceding it is long distance analysis.
We pray for the good news on @PatrickMahomes https://t.co/6b4UuhJqAt
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) October 18, 2019
Hearing early indications are that Patrick Mahomes has a dislocated knee but at the moment it looks like it isn’t fractured, per a source. MRI coming tomorrow when we’ll know more, but it’s a positive early sign.
— Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) October 18, 2019
Longtime backup Matt Moore replaced Mahomes and will finish out the game for the Chiefs.
If Mahomes is forced to miss extended time, the Chiefs would likely try to find another veteran quarterback to start as Moore is not a good option for long-term success at this point in his career.
Were Eli Manning to waive his no-trade clause, he’d certainly be a possibility.
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