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Patrick Mahomes's Helmet Cracked by Forceful Red-Zone Hit From Dolphins' DeShon Elliott

The Chiefs quarterback needed a new hat in the third quarter.

Patrick Andres

Patrick Mahomes's Helmet Cracked by Forceful Red-Zone Hit From Dolphins' DeShon Elliott
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Football fans can be forgiven for thinking Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is indestructible.

In the course of his seven-year career, after all, he's shrugged off a handful of minor injuries to lead the Chiefs to three AFC titles and two Super Bowl championships.

On Saturday, however, the NFL world learned that even Mahomes is not immune to the occasional freak equipment malfunction.

With 9:25 left in the third quarter of Kansas City's wild-card showdown with the Miami Dolphins, Mahomes escaped the pocket and broke around right end for the Dolphins' goal line. He was met by Miami safety DeShon Elliott at the Dolphins' 3-yard line, and Elliott struck Mahomes with such force it sent a piece of his helmet flying off.

Mahomes headed to the sideline for a spare helmet, but not before displaying a black chip in his damaged helmet to Peacock's cameras.

To think people believed the only breakable object in Arrowhead Stadium Saturday would be the ice covering the field.

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Patrick Andres
PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .

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