Athletes are typically able to return from ACL tears within 6-12 months. Tom Brady's recovery from an ACL tear offers the most optimistic outlook for what Mahomes could expect.

Patrick Mahomes’s 2025 campaign came to a devastating end on Sunday, as the Chiefs quarterback tore his ACL near the end of their loss to the Chargers. Mahomes was trying to lead the Chiefs to a comeback win and keep their slim playoff hopes alive, but instead saw both his and the Chiefs’ season playing meaningful football come to an end.

Mahomes was down and in pain for several minutes and eventually had to be helped into the locker room by the training staff. Gardner Minshew entered in his place and played out the final drive for the Chiefs, only to be intercepted on his final pass attempt of the game, sealing both the loss and the Chiefs' fate.

El quarterback de los Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, se sometió a una cirugía en Dallas el lunes por la noche para reparar el ligamento anterior

Patrick Mahomes suffers a major knee injury as the Kansas City Chiefs are ruled out of the NFL play-offs for the first time since the 2014 season.

Nick Wright, Kevin Wildes, Chris Broussard and Danny Parkins react to Danny winning the Shedeur-Caleb bet, discuss why Brou owes Danny and Caleb an apology, and break down Patrick Mahomes suffering a torn ACL late in the fourth quarter.

Thanks to the Kansas City Chiefs' loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that eliminated them from playoff contention Sunday, the postseason will not feature either Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes for the first time since the 1998 campaign: