Patrick Mahomes gives Chiefs huge injury scare after freak accident in Raiders game

Patrick Mahomes was near successful symptom aft 1 of his Kansas City Chiefs teammates accidentally crushed his manus during their clash with the Las Vegas Raiders.

In the 3rd 4th of the Black Friday fixture, Mahomes was laying connected the level aft taking a deed earlier Chiefs halfway Creed Humphrey tripped implicit him and fell straight connected his hand.

Luckily, however, Humphrey's genu landed connected the Kansas City quarterback's non-throwing hand. 

And contempt appearing successful discomfort arsenic helium headed disconnected the tract earlier a 4th down, Mahomes was capable to instrumentality successful clip for his team's adjacent drive.

Chiefs fans were fearing the worst erstwhile helium was seen leaving the tract portion looking down astatine his near hand, which appeared limp aft the accidental stroke from Humphrey.

Luckily for Kansas City the symptom was not excessively superior for him to permission the crippled early, though it remains to beryllium seen whether determination is immoderate important harm to his hand.

Prior to the accident, Mahomes further cemented his bequest arsenic arguably the top subordinate successful Chiefs history.

The 29-year-old registered his 238th touchdown pass in the crippled astatine Arrowhead Stadium, meaning he is present Kansas City's all-time leader successful that section aft surpassing Hall of Famer Len Dawson.

He adjacent took a deed portion picking retired Justin Watson successful the extremity portion for six, which helped Andy Reid's squad instrumentality a 10-3 pb into the halftime interruption aft a palmy conversion.

Mahomes already stakes a assertion to being the top successful Chiefs past aft guiding the squad to a 2nd consecutive Super Bowl last season. 

He is already Kansas City's all-time person successful passing yards aft racking up implicit 31,000 and counting, portion astatine the clip of penning helium is just nine wins shy of passing Dawson again to go their winningest quarterback.

Prior to Friday's game, Mahomes delivered a rallying cry to his teammates successful a clip which has gone viral connected societal media.

'Energy each day, vigor each day, however large bash you privation to beryllium connected each azygous snap?' helium asked them.

'What bash you person connected each azygous snap? I request it. Let's spell retired determination and dominate.'

A fewer minutes later, Mahomes told Amazon Prime that the Chiefs had 'to find a mode to get a win' the 'tough battle.'

Kansas City headed into Friday's crippled with a 10-1 grounds for the season, having mislaid against the Buffalo Bills before returning to winning ways against the Carolina Panthers.