I saw the qb sneak, thought it was stupid, fearing a cheap shot or two at the bottom of the pile.
As players peeled off, initially, i thought Reiter was the one hurt, as Mahomes wasn't moving and was motioning. He looked calm, i just knew it was Reiter....
Then, Pat slid off of Reiter, and took his helmet off.
My mild concern for our center turned into pure unadulterated horror as i realized it was actually Patrick that was hurt, and hurt bad.
I wanted to vomit. Id just finished a footlong Jimmy Johns BLT moments prior, and i was seconds away from spewing it all over my hardwood floor.
Quickly, my nausea turned into unbridled fury toward the stupidity of Andy Reid. I screamed. I shouted disparaging tirades laced with extreme profanity toward the walrus.
My wife took my girls, 10, and 9 from the room.
There's been much debate over the sneak. Patrick Mahomes is too valuable to give free shots on him to the defense. He was already hurt. It made, and still makes no sense to me that Andy offered up his qb like that. Everything is riding on him. It isnt fair to him, but that's how it is.
Andy's seemingly "**** protecting Pat" attitude all season has been puzzling and infuriating, but this was the final straw.
So. Violent nausea, despair, quickly turning into the most primal fury I've felt in nearly a decade sending my family fleeing the room. Not my proudest moment.
Seeing Pat walk off, and seeing him in the locker room made me feel so much better, but Andy not protecting Mahomes this season behind a clearly struggling O line, its gotta change.
I was on the tractor listening. I wasn’t the least bit surprised. Of course the chiefs have a thin chance at doing something and of course that thin chance gets hurt doing something innocuous.
Baby Lee found the closest thing.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Everyone knows the feeling. The epitome of it has been around for 25 years, and it's been a meme about as long as memes have existed.
Originally Posted by Frazod:
Oddly, I really didn't freak out that much. They went to commercial, then someone posted something about a cart being brought out, and I braced for the worst, but then when they came back he was walking off the field on his own, and I immediately relaxed.
The fact that I was fairly sure we'd get smoked (horrible play in the previous two weeks, injuries, short week, thin air) might have had something to do with it, since I spent most of the day steeling myself for the worst.
I would say this is almost identical to the way I felt. And now I'm even looking forward to seeing if our defense can pull us through after that great 9 sack performance and shutting down the Broncos awesome run game. [Reply]
I didn't watch the game (NyQuil due to a cold knocked my ass out) but I saw the replay and I'm disappointed. I'm a Pats fan but I love football and watching Mahomes play makes for a good football game. Silver lining is he isn't out for the season and should recover. [Reply]
I just hugged my dog and watched. He must have thought something really horrible happened because he just sat there next to me in silence while I petted him and waited to know how bad it was. Then I got better pretty fast because I dislocated my kneecap back in the day and that helped my optimism return. I was back at work on my feet all shift in about 3 weeks. I knew it was possible that his was more damaged, but I'm happy my optimism was deserved. [Reply]
I wasn’t thinking about how it hurts this year
I honestly had a feeling he was gonna get hurt at some point and miss time. So many times a team looks on the rise and gets hyped up and then injuries strike. Once Hill, Fischer wen down, I just had a feeling Mahomes was coming at some point.
It was a mix of frustration and acceptance, thinking of course this would happen THIS year and mostly My fear was that it wasn’t something serious that could cause nerve damage or long term damage. [Reply]
It was weird. Felt awful but had to keep my shit together because I was at a team food and football event with all the kids and families of the 8 year old football team I coach. Felt better when I got home and read his tweet. [Reply]
