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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes dislocated his right kneecap Thursday night. Unlike an ACL tear, it’s a fairly uncommon athletic injury.
“Most people’s kneecaps will not dislocate,” said Dr. Mark Adickes, an orthopedic surgeon at The Orthopedic Sports Clinic in Houston. “Certainly, really high-energy trauma can dislocate a kneecap.”
That means Mahomes likely had a genetic predisposition in his bone alignment or a laxity (also known as looseness) in his knee ligaments — or perhaps a combination of both that factored into his injury.
“To have this Gumby-like arm that can throw the ball out of Arrowhead Stadium, he does seem a little bit more on the lax side,” said Adickes, who played offensive line for the Chiefs from 1986 to 1990. “So he was a little bit more predisposed to this injury and then just got fallen on in just the wrong position at just the wrong time.”
Though Mahomes might have been predisposed to this injury, such laxity probably had a positive affect. That looseness may have given him more flexibility, preventing major trauma to the patellofemoral joint (where the kneecap and femur meet) like damaged articular cartilage, which would require season-ending surgery, once the injury occurred.
That happened with 10 minutes left in the second quarter of the Chiefs’ 30-6 victory against the Denver Broncos. On a 4th and 1 at the Denver 5-yard line, Mahomes’ leg was injured on a quarterback sneak.
“It’s usually a fairly safe play,” said Adickes, who does injury analysis for DirecTV’s Fantasy Zone, which is part of the NFL Sunday Ticket.
It’s unlikely that Mahomes’ left ankle injury resulted him in hurting his right knee on that sneak, though it’s possible that he was driving with both legs and exerting more force with his right.
“You could make a case that maybe he’s a little more susceptible,” Adickes said. “But the reality is I don’t think his high ankle sprain played a major role in that.”
Both Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport reported that the dislocation did not include cartilage or ligament damage, and that the good news means Mahomes will return to action in a few weeks.
I am 100% thrilled this kid is not ruined and will probably come back 100% but as a Raider fan I have no problem with him taking his time and I think he will take his time up to 6 weeks because....
PM will get a contract before next year and he would be foolish to risk delaying that by getting injured again. PM will break the bank... First 40 million dollar QB
I know he loves his team but he and every NFL player is all about the money. [Reply]
I was just about to post about how bowlegged mahomes is making him suspect for weird knee injuries. Why not just play in two braces? Even if they’re sleeves not the crap college oline men wear [Reply]
Originally Posted by R8RFAN:
I am 100% thrilled this kid is not ruined and will probably come back 100% but as a Raider fan I have no problem with him taking his time and I think he will take his time up to 6 weeks because....
PM will get a contract before next year and he would be foolish to risk delaying that by getting injured again. PM will break the bank... First 40 million dollar QB
I know he loves his team but he and every NFL player is all about the money.
No, Mahomes is a team player 100%. He'll come back when he thinks there is no further risk of injury to the kneecap! [Reply]
Originally Posted by 58-4ever:
This doesn't look good. All updates here.
ohhhh yeah? Not a single update here.:-)
Social etiquette man. Your going to start a mega thread, at least keep it updated so people don't have to dig through a thousand posts to find the latest. [Reply]
I wouldn't worry. We already know he has an increased risk of it happening again. He had a traumatic dislocation, and didn't have a history of it.
The kid has played football for a long time, I think if he had a genetic predisposition this would have cropped up when he was younger and had more joint laxity [Reply]
Originally Posted by xztop123:
I was just about to post about how bowlegged mahomes is making him suspect for weird knee injuries. Why not just play in two braces? Even if they’re sleeves not the crap college oline men wear
Tom Brady has been wearing knee braces on both knees since his injury. They are really good these days about bracing the knee for lateral movement but still allowing freedom of movement. [Reply]
While the Gumby flexibility may predispose him to this type of injury, ie unusual dislocations, it will likely make him less prone to more serious injuries, like ligament, tendon and muscle tears and ruptures. This injury would likely have been a lot worse if he weren’t Gumby man. [Reply]
