Nashville, Tennessee – exactly one week later kansas city chiefs lost starting quarterback patrick mahomes For an ACL tear, quarterback Gardner Minshew There is a possibility of ACL tear on Sunday lost 26-9 till tennessee titansSources confirmed this to ESPN.
Minshew suffered a left knee injury when he fell to the field while scrambling on the third play of the game and it appeared to be a non-contact injury. Immediately after the game, Minshew touched his left knee and staggered off the field. He tried to continue playing but could not use proper footwork on passing attempts, completing 3 of 8 passes for 15 yards.
chris oladokunThe Chiefs’ third-string quarterback entered the game with 11 minutes remaining in the second quarter while Minshew was being evaluated in the medical tent. A few minutes later, Rick Burkholder, the team’s vice president of sports medicine and performance, hugged Minshew, who had walked into the locker room without a helmet.
This was Minshew’s first start of the season. starting quarterback patrick mahomes faced one Season-ending torn ACL He injured his left knee during last week’s loss los angeles chargers Which eliminated the Chiefs from the playoff race.
Oladokun’s only previous NFL regular season game came on January 5 carson wentz Chiefs’ crushing defeat by 38-0 denverOladokun ran once for 5 yards, was sacked once and suffered a fumble in that loss,
he started south florida and also joined Samford And south dakota state, pittsburgh Oladokun was drafted with the seventh-round pick in 2022.
ChiefsDigest.com was the first to report that Minshew suffered a torn ACL.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
