VIDEO: Patrick Mahomes Details Gruesome Knee Injury Earlier This Year at Chiefs Super Bowl Parade
By Will Coleman
Looking back on Kansas City's improbable path to its first Super Bowl title in 50 years, perhaps no Chiefs moment this season sticks out more than when Patrick Mahomes went down Week 7 against the Denver Broncos. The quarterback only missed two games with a dislocated kneecap, but the QB ended up looking at the injury as one of this season's truly challenging hardships in his Super Bowl parade speech Tuesday.
Patrick Mahomes at the parade. “We had a lot of adversity. I mean the injuries. I mean my knee was on the side of my leg” pic.twitter.com/nhVJHVKfXp
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) February 5, 2020
The second Mahomes mentioned adversity in the speech, he naturally jumped back to the gruesome injury that forced him to miss two starts. On a fourth-down quarterback keeper, the 2018 league MVP was brought to the bottom of the pile and his knee shifted to the "side of (his) leg."
The 24-year-old threw for a career-high 446 passing yards in his miraculous Week 10 return, but the Chiefs fell to the Titans 35-32. Since then, Kansas City won all nine of its games, ultimately hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.
October 17: Chiefs fans fear season may be over as Patrick Mahomes goes down with serious-looking injury
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) February 3, 2020
February 2: Chiefs fans celebrate first Super Bowl win in 50 years with Patrick Mahomes getting MVP pic.twitter.com/oFzjb76RwE
If not for his speedy recovery, the Chiefs would have never had a shot at a Super Bowl run this season. Mahomes will always look back on this season and that injury as defining moments in his young career no matter what he goes on to do -- don't ever say this kid isn't tough.