Travis Kelce talks crushing Patrick Mahomes season-ending injury

The Kansas City Chiefs took a mates of large losses connected Sunday arsenic they were eliminated from the playoffs and prima backmost Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL.

The Los Angeles Chargers bushed the Chiefs 16-13 astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Sunday, but the biggest nonaccomplishment was Mahomes’ devastating injury. 

Travis Kelce reacted to the injury, saying "s--- conscionable sucks."

"We mislaid our quarterback, Patty Mahomes, our guy, our brother, our fearless leader, our look of the franchise, to an ACL. It’s ne'er casual seeing your guys spell down. We had a clump of guys get wounded this past game, and we fought. We fought, we had immoderate guys combat done immoderate stuff," Kelce said during a caller occurrence of his podcast, "New Heights."

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Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce stands connected the tract aft the Los Angeles Chargers crippled astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, Missouri, connected Dec. 14, 2025. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"On a freakish play to spot (Mahomes) spell down similar that man, it f---ing – it was astir similar it wasn’t existent and s--- conscionable sucks, man. For a feline that puts successful that overmuch and puts his assemblage connected the enactment week successful week retired and makes this shot satellite – helium makes the champion of it by however hard helium works, and it sucks."

Mahomes got wounded precocious successful the 4th fourth with the squad down 16-13 and trying to travel back, and backup Gardner Minshew came into the game. Kelce praised Minshew for battling, contempt the backup throwing the game-sealing interception to extremity the Chiefs' playoff hopes. 

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Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce heads disconnected the tract aft losing to the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, successful Kansas City. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Kelce had 7 catches for 70 yards successful the Chiefs’ nonaccomplishment to the Chargers. In 14 games this season, the 10-time Pro Bowler has 67 catches for 797 yards and 5 touchdowns. 

It is the archetypal clip the Chiefs person missed the playoffs since 2014, and Kelce, successful his 13th season, noted that helium is the lone subordinate connected the roster who has played a regular-season crippled that does not person playoff implications. 

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Mahomes underwent country connected some his ACL and LCL connected Monday, and the betterment timeline gives the Chiefs anticipation that helium tin beryllium connected the tract astatine the opening of adjacent season. 

However, helium won’t beryllium connected the tract successful the team’s last 3 games of the year. The Chiefs' adjacent crippled comes against the lowly Tennessee Titans (2-12) astatine 1 p.m. ET connected Sunday. 

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