PAT'S YER LOT AFTER KNEE K.O

PATRICK MAHOMES promised to be back "stronger than ever" after a painful exit at Arrowhead Stadium marked a rare low point in his glittering career.

- KEITH WEBSTER

Mahomes is used to his season ending with the Vince Lombardi Trophy in his hands.

On Sunday night, 2025 came to an excruciating climax when his Kansas City Chiefs missed out on the playoffs for the first time in his career and he had to use two staff members as crutches to get him back to the locker room.

The Chiefs' quarterback was trying to drive his side to a winning score and some hope of keeping the campaign alive when, two minutes from time on a seemingly innocuous hit, his left foot got stuck in the turf, the knee snapped back, and the anterior cruciate ligament in it tore.