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Mahomes' surgery was performed by Dr. Dan Cooper, the Dallas Cowboys' team physician and a well-known orthopedic surgeon.
Seventeen years apart, Mahomes and Brady suffered season-ending knee injuries after Super Bowl losses, sparking striking parallels in their careers.
Tom Brady knows what Patrick Mahomes is going through. The seven-time Super Bowl champion tore his ACL in 2008 against the Kansas City Chiefs. The injury, which occurred in Week 1, knocked him out for the entire season.
Chiefs QB Gardner Minshew on Patrick Mahomes: "I don't think I've ever respected anybody I play with more. I've never seen anybody I play with give so much of themselves to the team ... I have more confidence in him than anybody to come back better than ever." #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/vWSoEMesbd
Mahomes threw three interceptions and no touchdowns in the Chiefs' 20-10 loss to Houston that dealt a major blow to their playoff hopes. Hurts threw four interceptions, lost a fumble and had no TDs in a 22-19 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.