Well wishes pour out for Patrick Mahomes as knee MRI looms
In today’s NFL, few scenes are more terrifying than Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes lying on the ground in obvious pain.
The reigning MVP exited Thursday night’s game against the Denver Broncos after a quarterback sneak resulted in Mahomes appearing to dislocate his knee cap, with the Chiefs’ training staff seen popping something back into place.
In two short seasons as the Chiefs’ full-time starter, Mahomes has become one of the most popular players in the NFL thanks to his unprecedented arm talent. Missing him for even a few weeks would be enormous for not only the Chiefs, but league-wide observers as well.
The Chiefs will determine the extent of the damage with an MRI on Friday, and the results will carry significant consequences for the entire AFC playoff picture. With that looming, figures across the NFL, including Mahomes’ current opponents, emerged to wish Mahomes well.
NFL players send support to Patrick Mahomes after knee injury
The @Broncos showed their support to Pat Mahomes as the injured QB was helped off the field ❤️ pic.twitter.com/flZPgpO3Zi
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 18, 2019
Praying for you bro. 🙏🏾 @PatrickMahomes
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) October 18, 2019
Praying my bro @PatrickMahomes is straight! 🙏🏾
— Deshaun Watson (@deshaunwatson) October 18, 2019
🙏🏻 likewise https://t.co/8IooqAaXeD
— Carson Wentz (@cj_wentz) October 18, 2019
Praying that it’s nothing serious! 🙏🏾
— Darius Leonard (@dsleon45) October 18, 2019
Woah😳
— ⚡️Primetime!!!⚡️ (@Joe_MainMixon) October 18, 2019
Man I hope @PatrickMahomes all good!
— Nino (@qdiggs6) October 18, 2019
Damn, get well soon, @PatrickMahomes 🙏🏾
— Michael Strahan (@michaelstrahan) October 18, 2019
Sending positive thoughts and energy out to @PatrickMahomes!! #SpeedyRecovery
— Lance Briggs (@LanceBriggs) October 18, 2019
Under no circumstances should Mahomes be running a qb sneak.
— Cris Carter (@criscarter80) October 18, 2019
No!!!!!! Mahomes get up!
— Reggie Bush (@ReggieBush) October 18, 2019
At least one figure close to Mahomes felt the love, as the quarterback’s girlfriend thanked Twitter for the support.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 thanks guys
— Brittany Matthews (@brittanylynne8) October 18, 2019
After the game, Mahomes sent out a thank you and provided an optimistic outlook for his injury. We’ll see if the MRI backs that up.
Awesome team win! Love my brothers! Thank you for all the prayers! Everything looking good so far! #GodisGood #ChiefsKingdom
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) October 18, 2019
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