Chiefs’ Schwartz has his snap streak end with knee injury

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kansas City’s injury woes on the offensive line now has extended to ending the NFL’s longest active snap streak for right tackle Mitchell Schwartz.

The tackle played 7,894 consecutive snaps until late in the first half of Kansas City’s 35-32 loss to Tennessee. He hurt a knee with 2:46 left in the second quarter when Patrick Mahomes was sacked by Harold Landry. Since he went down, Schwartz had to leave the field. He tried to walk it off but Martinas Rankin hurt his right knee a play later after sliding over to right tackle.

With the Chiefs facing third-and-9, Schwartz didn’t want to risk anything else. The Chiefs settled for a 41-yard field goal. Schwartz was back on the field in the third quarter, but his streak is over and he’s not happy.

“It was 7½ years running. It’s a pretty cool thing,” Schwartz said. “Now I’m just normal like everybody else. It is what it is. You do inventory and make sure there’s nothing going in the wrong direction or drastically wrong, and I’ve been able to avoid that. Like I said, we’ll see what the plan is from here.”