He threw another incomplete pass and Kansas City kicked a field goal on fourth down to take a 19-7 lead, and Mahomes spent the ensuing Miami possession fiddling with the replacement helmet on the sideline in an effort to make it comfortable. Mahomes ran two more plays before officials made him get a backup helmet from the sideline. Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs heads to the sideline after his helmet was cracked during the third quarter in the AFC Wild Card playoff game against the Miami Dolphins at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. But then again, rarely is it below zero at kickoff of a football game. With all the players set, this deadly game of survival begins, will Yui & the guys ever get their memories back so they can return to their own. Regardless, the reigning league MVP was left with a fist-sized chunk of plastic missing from just above his left eye after the clash of helmets on a 13-yard scramble deep in Dolphins territory.
With a game-time temperature of minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit, the game was the fourth-coldest in NFL history, and it was unclear whether the temperature made the shell of Mahomes' helmet more brittle than usual. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had his helmet shattered on a hit from Miami Dolphins safety DeShon Elliott during Saturday night's frigid AFC wild-card playoff game.
