On Wednesday, the Kansas City Chiefs used their official X account to announce that they are placing injured quarterback Patrick Mahomes on the team’s Reserve/Injured list, officially ending his season after he underwent surgery for the torn ACL he suffered in Sunday’s 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

The team also announced that it is filling Mahomes’ now-vacated roster spot by activating practice squad defensive tackle Zacch Pickens to the 53-man roster. To take Pickens’ place on the practice squad, the team is re-signing wide receiver Jimmy Holiday, who now begins his third stint on the taxi squad this...

Welcome back to the Arrowhead Pride Mailbag! Each week, watch for your opportunity to submit your Kansas City Chiefs questions in The Feed, which is found on AP’s home page.

After a soul-crushing 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, questions now extend well beyond the final score — including when quarterback Patrick Mahomes might take the field again. Let’s see what’s on our readers’ minds.

Ed Helinski asks (via X)

What should Santa be bringing the Chiefs for Christmas?

Even before this week’s devastating injury news, the Chiefs had largely created their own bad luck: receiver...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ season is over. On Sunday, the team was eliminated from playoff contention with a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, and star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a brutal ACL injury. Both losses sting, and the NFL’s model franchise over the last eight seasons will not be part of the postseason for the first time since 2014.

Now, over the final three games, the Chiefs have a chance to truly evaluate the young talent on the roster and make decisions on which players will have larger roles in the future.

Defensive end Ashton Gillotte has had...

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Patrick Mahomes ACL injury: Tom Brady offers rehab advice, recovery insight | CBS Sports

The host of the podcast, Jim Gray, then asked Brady what he would tell Mahomes if he could offer any advice about coming back from a torn ACL. The NFL legend said it’s all about attacking the process.

“The only thing you can do is focus on what’s ahead of you and not look back,” Brady said. “And just say, ‘OK, this is part of what my career is going to be and a lot of people have gone through...

According to the official NFL transactions report, the Kansas City Chiefs have signed two players to their practice squad: safety Tanner McCalister and guard Nick Broeker. The two players take the places of safety Mike Edwards and guard C.J. Hanson — both of whom were recently activated to the team’s 53-man roster.

That brings the practice squad to the Chiefs’ full complement of 17. (The team is permitted an extra spot because offensive lineman Chu Godrick is an International Pathways Program player).

The two players were among 10 who were reported to have worked out with the team on Monday:...

If you thought the Kansas City Chiefs’ season could not get worse, Sunday confirmed that it could. Not only were the Chiefs lifeless in a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that eliminated them from playoff contention, but franchise quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in the fourth quarter. It ends his 2025 season and jeopardizes his availability for the 2026 campaign.

The team will need to make changes. Before the game, it appeared that one good offseason could get Kansas City back in contention for 2026. But now — even if the Chiefs execute a sound strategy over...

The news surrounding quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending ACL tear dominated the NFL’s Monday headlines, as players, coaches, and analysts across the league reacted to the reality that the face of the Kansas City Chiefs will not take another snap in 2025.

Although Kansas City’s postseason hopes are gone, three games remain on the schedule. The next one is a trip to Nashville to face the Tennessee Titans, whose rookie quarterback Cam Ward expressed disappointment at losing the opportunity to face the three-time Super Bowl MVP.

“It’s sad, because since he got into the league he’s been very productive every year,”...

When the regular season ends in just under three weeks, the Kansas City Chiefs will not be in the playoffs; the 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15 cemented that fact. A cursed season somehow got worse and became a true disaster. The latest collection of power rankings across NFL media reflected that.

Here’s this week’s sampling:

NFL.com: 20

(No change)

In a shocking double blow, the Chiefs were officially eliminated from playoff contention and Patrick Mahomes suffered a season-ending torn ACL, which likely will affect his offseason outlook and timetable, as well. There might...

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The Chiefs are set up to tank, and there’s 2 players they should target in NFL Draft | SB Nation

2026 NFL Draft: Start a Love train

The Chiefs could (and should) lose out, tanking the rest of 2025. It would require losing three games and finishing at 6-11 on the season, but critically would mean engineering a way to climb into the top-10. The most realistic floor the Chiefs could reach would be the 7th pick, which is totally fine for who we’re targeting here:

Jeremiyah Love.

I...

The Kansas City Chiefs (and Chiefs Kingdom as a whole) spent Monday coming to terms with the reality that star quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Arrowhead Pride contributor Dakota Watson analyzed the injury for readers on Monday. He and many others stressed the importance of when the surgery actually happens.

As it turns out, the timeline is beginning right away.

On Monday evening, the Chiefs confirmed that Mahomes had met with Dr. Dan Cooper — the head team physician for the Dallas Cowboys — and successfully underwent surgery; the team also...

The Kansas City Chiefs lost the eighth game of the 2025 season to the Los Angeles Chargers by a 16-13 score. It was the last meaningful game the Chiefs will play until 2026. Let’s look at how Kansas City used its players in the defeat:

Starters (offensive): TE Travis Kelce, LT Esa Pole, LG Kingsley Suamataia, C Creed Humphrey, RG Mike Caliendo, RT Jaylon Moore, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR Tyquan Thornton, WR Rashee Rice, QB Patrick Mahomes and RB Isiah Pacheco.

Starters (defensive): DE George Karlaftis, DT Chris Jones, DT Derrick Nnadi, DE Michael Danna, LB Drue Tranquill, LB...

You know what was awesome about Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers?

Nothing.

Here are a few players who stood out in the last meaningful game of the 2025 season in Kansas City:

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Tight end Travis Kelce: Retirement speculation will now dominate any conversation surrounding the 36-year old; Chiefs Kingdom may have seen the last chains-moving completion between Kelce and quarterback Patrick Mahomes. If so, it was glorious. On Sunday, Kelce continued to show he can still get the job done with 70 receiving yards over seven catches. 797 yards this season ranks...