Did Chiefs QB Garrett Nussmeier's Injury HISTORY Doom His NFL Stock?

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs take a bold step by drafting LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier as Patrick Mahomes’ new backup. Could this high-upside quarterback become a future starter—or a valuable trade asset? Hosts Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy break down the calculated risk Kansas City took on Nussmeier, whose slide in the NFL Draft followed a spinal cyst injury but hasn’t dulled his first-round potential. Intrigue mounts over how Andy Reid’s staff will develop the rookie amid Mahomes’ recovering timeline and Justin Fields claiming the QB2 spot. Key topics include the Chiefs’ evolving depth chart, Mahomes’ injury recovery, and how extra training camp reps for Nussmeier could impact his trajectory. The episode explores roster logistics, rookie contract value, and whether Nussmeier can recapture his franchise QB form from LSU. Chiefs’ backup quarterback future is suddenly wide open—will Nussmeier prove he’s up to the challenge? Join our Everydayer Club at lockedonchiefs.supercast.com!

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0:00.0	Chiefs finally did it. They drafted a quarterback.
0:03.6	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked-on Chiefs podcast.
0:09.3	You are Locked-on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast.
0:14.3	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:20.6	And welcome back to another locked-on chiefs.
0:22.7	I'm Chris Clark. He is Ryan Tracy.
0:24.6	And let's just dive in right now.
0:27.0	We have been talking about the chiefs needing to draft somebody to back up Patrick
0:31.6	Mahomes for years.
0:32.7	They finally go and do it and they get a guy that a lot of people thought could be
0:36.6	at least a
0:37.9	first round pick, if not much higher than just a first round pick. And Garrett Nussmeyer, now obviously
0:43.4	there's some injury issues, but this is an interesting pick and it could be something that's
0:47.1	going to pay dividends for the Chiefs. Yeah, I think that it will. This was about risk. As far as I
0:54.0	can tell, the NFL was not comfortable
0:55.8	with the risk after watching Garrett Nussmeyer take a significant step back on his performance
1:00.5	in 2025 due to an injury that at the time was unknown. Since then, since the week before
1:07.5	the senior bowl, it resolved itself, as I understand.
1:12.8	I don't think there was any medical intervention from what I've been told.
1:16.4	And it was a cyst on his spine, which is not much better than being hurt, to tell you the truth.
1:22.2	That is scary.
1:23.6	So I think I feel like the reason that he fell down to the Chiefs and would have fallen out of the draft if it wasn't for the Chiefs was due to the medical period and the unknown that that brings.
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