Patrick Mahomes' Post-Surgery Scar Just Went Viral and It's Gnarly as Hell
Patrick Mahomes is showing off what happens when you tear your ACL and go under the knife. His wife Brittany posted family photos from a Texas farm getaway on Instagram, and in two of the shots, you can see the serious post-surgery scar running down his left leg. This is real, this is raw, and if you've got a weak stomach, maybe scroll past the images.
How Mahomes Ended Up on the Operating Table
The Chiefs star suffered a season-ending ACL tear in Week 15 at home against the Los Angeles Chargers. That loss knocked Kansas City completely out of playoff contention and snapped their postseason streak at 10 straight years. Yeah, you read that right. One injury. One game. Done.
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Don't Write Off Kansas City Yet
Before you start drafting the eulogy for the Mahomes era, pump the brakes. Sure, there were plenty of hot takes last season about the dynasty being dead. But betting against Mahomes and Andy Reid is a dangerous game.
The 2025 season was a perfect storm of bad luck for Kansas City. Injuries decimated key players. Mahomes had an off year. The schedule was brutal. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. But look at what they're building right now: they signed Super Bowl 60 MVP Kenneth Walker III to give Mahomes another weapon in the passing game. Travis Kelce is sticking around for at least one more year. Kansas City has three picks in the top 40 of the draft.
Yeah, they missed the playoffs. But this team is not done.
The Road Back Starts Now
The backup situation was a mess last year. Gardner Minshew II played one game before his own season-ending injury. Third-stringer Chris Oladokun had to finish things out and lost both starts. That tells you everything you need to know about how bad things got.
When Mahomes gets the green light, this offense is going to look completely different. The question isn't whether he'll come back. It's when.
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