Patrick Mahomes’ helmet cracks, piece falls off after hefty collision with DeShon Elliott

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were likely expecting plenty going into a sub-zero temperature wildcard game at home on Saturday evening. But they probably weren’t expecting a fractured helmet for their star quarterback.

Be it the cold making the plastic brittle or the hit from DeShon Elliott being that much harder in the playoffs, Mahomes’ lid cracked and a piece detached and fell off on the field of play in the middle of the third quarter. Mahomes had to go to the sideline and get a backup helmet before coming back out for the goal-to-go series and setting up a score.

NBC — make that Peacock — cameras caught a clear shot of the damage done to the helmet, and fortunately not the quarterback’s head.