Chiefs' Andy Reid offers interesting Gardner Minshew injury update

The Kansas City Chiefs suffered a horror 26-9 loss to the Tennessee Titans, but the result wasn't the worst thing to come out of the game.

Quarterback Gardner Minshew suffered a left knee injury that took him out of the game early, leaving young Chris Oladokun to take his place for his first snaps of the season.

Several reports were floating around social media that Minshew likely tore his ACL, and the Chiefs "feared" it, so it doesn't sound promising.

And speaking post-game, head coach Andy Reid offered somewhat of an odd update.

"Gardner hurt his left knee, we don't have any results, we'll get that when he has a chance to get an MRI," Reid said.

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Chiefs' horror 2025 season continues

Out of the playoffs, losing Patrick Mahomes and Minshew to ACL injuries and still having two games left in 2025, Chiefs Kingdom could be forgiven for wanting this year just to end already.

Playing the Denver Broncos on Christmas Day, the Chiefs will have to go on a quarterback search just to have enough players at the position for Week 17.

Now at 6-9, the Chiefs' season has gone from bad to worse, and it also puts the quarterback position for 2026 into focus.

Mahomes is targeting a Week 1 return, but that is a little audacious, and as for Minshew, it's highly unlikely he returns in 2026, so where does that leave Kansas City?

In short, between a rock and a hard place.

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