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Chiefs reveal why Patrick Mahomes needed surgery faster than usual

The Kansas City Chiefs face any number of questions in what is undoubtedly the most pivotal offseason in nearly a decade, but one is more pressing than any other: When will Patrick Mahomes be able to play again?

Mahomes went down with a major knee injury with two minutes left to play in the fourth quarter of the Chiefs' season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Mahomes was helped off the field, and was carried along by training staff with a towel on his head to the team's locker room after the game.

Following Week 15, the Chiefs announced that Mahomes had suffered a torn ACL, with reports thereafter also confirming an LCL injury as well.