It was a brutal weekend for NFL accidents.
Patrick Mahomes, Micah Parsons and Davante Adams suffered accidents Sunday that might dramatically have an effect on the NFL for the rest of this season and, in some instances, subsequent 12 months.
Right here’s what we find out about that trio of superstars — and what their absences imply.
MAHOMES TEARS ACL
Mahomes’ left knee buckled with lower than two minutes left in Sunday’s 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers — a expensive defeat that formally eradicated his Kansas Metropolis Chiefs from playoff competition.
The Chiefs later confirmed Mahomes suffered an ACL tear in that left knee and that he and the crew had been exploring surgical choices.
“Don’t know why this had to happen. “And not going to lie [it] hurts,” Mahomes, 30, wrote on social media.
“But all we can do now is Trust in God and attack every single day over and over again. Thank you Chiefs kingdom for always supporting me and for everyone who has reached out and sent prayers. I Will be back stronger than ever.”
As a result of Mahomes’ harm occurred so late within the 12 months, the quarterback is now susceptible to lacking the beginning of subsequent season, too.
ACL surgical procedures sometimes carry a restoration time of eight to 12 months, in keeping with the Bass Medical Group. And people surgical procedures sometimes don’t happen till a number of weeks after the harm happens, in keeping with Tom Crist of the Movement Stability Bodily Remedy Group.
“That would mean early January surgery which would put week 1 of 2026 about 8-8.5ish months from [the] time of surgery,” Crist wrote on social media.
“Would be extremely fast for Mahomes to play in week 1 next year. Some players have returned that fast … so not impossible, but fast. Any potential additional tissues needing healing would slow rehab even more.”
Mahomes’ harm provides much more uncertainty to the way forward for the Chiefs, who, after advancing to their third consecutive Tremendous Bowl final winter — however failing to win their third in a row — are simply 6-8 this season.
Mahomes’ longtime favourite goal, Travis Kelce, has publicly contemplated retirement at age 36.
PARSONS HURTS KNEE, TOO
Parsons was additionally believed to endure an ACL tear in his left knee, in keeping with reviews.
The star cross rusher’s non-contact harm occurred in the course of the third quarter of his Inexperienced Bay Packers’ 34-26 loss to the Denver Broncos.
All the above details about Mahomes’ restoration timeline applies to Parsons, not less than broadly talking, however the latter’s harm may have extra drastic ramifications on the remainder of this NFL season.
That’s as a result of the Packers are 9-4-1 and behind the Chicago Bears (10-4) within the NFC North.
Parsons, 26, is the very best participant on a protection that ranks sixth within the NFL in complete protection (294.6 yards per sport) and eighth in opponent rating (20.1 factors per sport).
And whereas the seventh-seeded Packers are nonetheless more likely to make the playoffs — NFL.com’s prediction mannequin offers them an 88% likelihood — their ceiling is definitely decrease with out Parsons, particularly in the event that they must enter the postseason as a wild-card crew.
The Packers acquired Parsons from the Dallas Cowboys earlier than the season for a commerce haul that included two first-round picks, then signed the linebacker to a four-year, $188 million contract.
Parsons had lived as much as expectations, as his 12.5 sacks are tied for the third most within the NFL.
ADAMS AGGRAVATES HAMSTRING
Adams’ hamstring problem seems much less extreme than Mahomes and Parsons’ knee accidents, nevertheless it comes at an inopportune time for the playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams.
The soon-to-be-33-year-old huge receiver, who has 60 receptions for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns this season, was already nursing a balky hamstring when he pulled up on a route within the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 41-34 win in opposition to the Detroit Lions.
Adams remained down earlier than strolling off the sphere beneath his personal energy and didn’t return.
“He was optimistic, talking to him. He knows his body really well,” head coach Sean McVay mentioned of Adams.
“We’ll see what that means. I can’t imagine that’s good for Thursday with just the short amount of time, but I certainly wouldn’t rule him out quite yet. But it didn’t look good.”
The Rams (11-3) are set to face the Seattle Seahawks (11-3) on Thursday evening with first place within the NFC West on the road.
Los Angeles enters Week 16 because the No. 1 seed within the NFC — which comes with a first-round bye within the playoffs — however would lose that place with a loss this week.
Adams, who completed final season with the Jets, leads the NFL with 14 landing receptions this 12 months.
