Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a dislocated kneecap (as reported by various outlets) and will undergo an MRI to detect any ligament damage.  The injury came on a 4th and 1 play early in the second quarter during the Chiefs 30-6 win at Denver.  During Fox’s broadcast it appeared as though the training staff popped his right knee back into place on the field.

Mahomes was helped off the field, but later walked off without any assistance.  He was taken for X-rays and ruled out for the game.

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After the game, Mahomes was in the locker room limping but was upbeat and encouraging teammates.

Awesome team win! Love my brothers! Thank you for all the prayers! Everything looking good so far! #GodisGood #ChiefsKingdom

— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) October 18, 2019

Missouri Tigers Marcus Lucas outruns Georgia Bulldogs Braden Smith for a 41-yard touchdown. File Photo UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The new XFL wrapped up their two day draft and seven former Missouri Tigers were drafted into the new league that will begin play in February 2020. The Southeastern Conference had a total of 79 former players selected with at least one player from each of the 14 institutions being picked. However, Mizzou ended up with the third most of an SEC only trailing Auburn (13) and Ole Miss (8)

L’Damian Washington, WR, St. Louis Battlehawks
Marcus Lucas, WR, St. Louis Battlehawks
Jacquies Smith, DE, Seattle Dragons
Josh Augusta, DT, DC Defenders
Walter Palmore, DT, Houston Roughnecks
Kony Ealy, DE, Houston Roughnecks
Marcell Frazier, DE, Seattle Dragons

The Cardinals’ season is over after getting swept by the Nationals in the National League Championship Series. Washington scored seven times in the first inning and held on for a 7-4 win in Game Four of the NLCS in D.C. Dakota Hudson was tagged with the loss after giving up seven runs, including three unearned, in less than an inning of work. Yadier Molina homered and José Martínez doubled in two runs for St. Louis.

The Cardinals had the tying run at the plate in Matt Carpenter who came in for Harrison Bader with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, but Carpenter grounded out to the second baseman. The Cardinals then went down 1-2-3 in the ninth.

Martinez who was put in the starting lineup despite his defensive liabilities went 5-for-10 with three RBIs in the series. He was responsible for half the runs scored by the Cardinals. Paul DeJong his .250 in the series going 3-for-12 at the plate. No other hitter had a batting average over .200.

Dexter Fowler finished 0-for-11 with six strikeouts. Carpenter went 0-for-8 with four strikeouts and rookie Tommy Edman who provided a spark halfway through the season, went 0-for-14 with five strikeouts. He provided the only other RBI for the team outside Martinez and Molina.

The Cardinals 3 and 4 hitters, Paul Goldschmidt and Marcell Ozuna, who both hit .429 against the Braves, combined to go 4-for-32 with 17 strikeouts. Goldschmidt looked completely lost at the plate. At one point over Games 3 and 4, he struck out seven times in a row.

St. Louis used all 27 outs in the four-game series, totaling 108 outs. The Cardinals were retired 44.% of the time without putting the ball in play.

Stephen Strasburg pitched seven strong innings as the Nationals shut down the Cardinals 8-1 in Game Three of the National League Championship Series in D.C. Strasburg struck out 12 and gave up just one unearned run as the Nats moved within one win of a series sweep. In 21.2 innings the Cardinals hitters have managed just one run on nine hits with three walks and 28 strikeouts against the Nationals starting pitching.

Howie Kendrick tallied three doubles, three RBI and scored twice to lead the Washington offense. Victor Robles added a solo homer in the win.

Jack Flaherty allowed four runs in four frames to take the loss for St. Louis. Flaherty gave up four runs in August, four runs in September.

Game Four is Tuesday at Nationals Park with a 7:05 CT first pitch. Dakota Hudson will face Patrick Corbin.

Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, returning to the lineup for the first time since game one, caught two touchdown passes and provided an early spark to the Chiefs who jumped out to a 10-0 lead, but lost at home to the Houston Texans 31-24 on Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium. Hill outreached a Texans defender and dragged two with him into the endzone on the Chiefs’ first drive of the game and added six yard touchdown later to put the Chiefs back on top.

On a third down and 21 from Houston’s 46 on the Chiefs first drive, Patrick Mahomes got the Texans to jump offside and with a free play threw one deep. Hill jumped high in front of the defender to bring the catch into his chest then pushed his way in for a score. Mahomes ended up completing 116 passing yards on the first drive. The reason he threw for more yards than the length of the field was due to four penalties called against KC.

Carlos Hyde traded by the Chiefs to the Texans this season fumbled on the first play from scrimmage for Houston and the Chiefs recovered after Frank Clark stripped and recovered the ball at the Houston 18. Kansas City settled for a field goal. After Houston kicked a field goal, Mahomes led the Chiefs to another first quarter touchdown pass hooking up with Damien Williams for a 17-yard score to go up 17-3 in the first quarter.  Deshaun Watson led Houston on back-to-back touchdown drives around a Mahomes interception to pull to within 17-16. A Mahomes fumble deep in his own territory late in the first half set up another Houston TD as they scored 20 points in the second quarter to lead 23-17 a the break.

Mahomes added his third touchdown of the game, and second to Hill to put the Chiefs on top 24-23, but Watson led Houston on a late touchdown drive scoring on his own, a one-yard run with 6:17 to play to put Houston up 31-24 after a converted two-point conversion.

In a game billed as a matchup between former first round picks of the 2017 NFL Draft, each quarterback committed two turnovers. For the second week in a row the Chiefs were flagged 11 times for penalties, which continues to be an issue in each of their two losses. The Chiefs offensive line struggled as they were without key contributors on both sides of the ball, starters included WR Sammy Watkins (hamstring), LT Eric Fisher (groin), LG Andrew Wylie (ankle), DT Chris Jones (groin) and LB Anthony Hitchens (groin).