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The Kansas City Chiefs took a pair of big losses on Sunday as they were eliminated from playoff contention and star quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL.
The Los Angeles Chargers beat the Chiefs 16-13 at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, but the biggest loss was Mahomes’ devastating injury.
Travis Kelce reacted to the injury saying “s— just stinks.”
“We lost our quarterback, Patty Mahomes, our guy, our brother, our fearless leader, our face of the franchise, to an ACL. It’s never easy to see your guys go down. We had a bunch of guys hurt in the last game and we battled. We battled, we had some guys battle through some stuff,” Kelce said during a recent episode of his poightcast.”
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Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce stands on the field after the Los Angeles Chargers game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri on December 14, 2025. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“On a freakish game to see (Mahomes) go down like that man, that f—ing — it was almost like it wasn’t right and s— just stinks, man. For a guy that puts in so much and puts his body on the line week after week and makes this football world — he makes the most of it by how hard he works and it stinks.”
Mahomes was injured late in the fourth quarter with the team down 16-13 trying to come back and backup Gardner Minshew entered the game. Kelce praised Minshew for battling, despite the backup throwing the game-sealing interception to end the Chiefs’ playoff hopes.
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Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce walks off the field after losing to the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
Kelce had seven catches for 70 yards in the Chiefs’ loss to the Chargers. In 14 games this season, the 10-time Pro Bowler has 67 catches for 797 yards and five touchdowns.
It is the first time the Chiefs have missed the playoffs since 2014, and Kelce, in his 13th season, noted that he is the only player on the roster to have played a regular season game that did not have playoff implications.
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Mahomes had surgery on both his ACL and LCL on Monday, and the recovery timeline gives the Chiefs hope that he can be on the field at the start of next season.
However, he will not be on the field in the team’s final three games of the year. The Chiefs’ next game comes against the lowly Tennessee Titans (2-12) at 1:00 PM ET on Sunday.
