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I mean, in general, yeah, it's not a great idea to expose QBs (especially those already nicked up) to contact.
But you seem to be assuming that Mahomes' ankle injury put him at significantly greater risk of dislocating his kneecap (which none of us, yourself included, know to be true). And furthermore, the QB sneak is a low risk, relatively benign play. The QB remains low to the ground, there is little momentum going into the play from either the ball carrier or the tackler(s).
I can possibly see critiquing Reid for running a QB draw from shotgun in a longer yardage situation with a gimpy QB. But a QB sneak? Nah.
I’m not saying a result like this is to be expected. But when your QB is grimacing and limping every time he’s hit, it’s common sense that you’d want to avoid having him diving into a pile of about 2,000 lbs worth of accelerating, moving players trying to hit him. The result is not that surprising.