Near the end of the first quarter during Saturday’s 27-20 Divisional Round playoff win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, all of Chiefs Kingdom fell silent. The Kansas City Chiefs’ star quarterback Patrick Mahomes had rolled his ankle while taking a hit from Jacksonville pass rusher Arden Key.
A clearly-limping Mahomes managed to finish the drive — which ended with a 50-yard Harrison Butker field goal — but he then went to the locker room for X-rays. So when Kansas City’s offense returned to the field, 13-year veteran Chad Henne lined up under center.