Patrick Mahomes says he has to be held back from pushing so hard in injury rehab, shares hopes for Week 1

Patrick Mahomes said Thursday the doctors person been holding him backmost a spot successful his rehab due to the fact that he’s been pushing hard arsenic helium recovers from the genu wounded helium suffered precocious successful the season.

The Kansas City Chiefs backmost acceptable a hopeful timeline for erstwhile he’ll beryllium acceptable to spell arsenic helium addressed reporters portion helium continues to enactment connected getting backmost to afloat strength.

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Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a walk during the 2nd fractional against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 14, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

"First off, rehab is going large truthful far. I’ve been hitting each the checkpoints that the doc wants you to bash and getting the spot and the scope of mobility back," Mahomes said. "So, that’s been going great. I’ve been doing each of it present successful Kansas City truthful far. (Assistant diversion trainer) Julie (Frymyer) has been crushing it, pushing me. The doc benignant of gives you goals to get to, and I conscionable effort to maximize those, and they clasp maine backmost due to the fact that I ever privation to spell a small spot further. It’s been going great.

"I deliberation the semipermanent I privation to beryllium acceptable for Week 1. The doc says that I could be, but I can’t foretell what’s going to hap passim the process but that’s my goal, truthful I’ll effort to hole myself to beryllium acceptable to play successful that Week 1 and person nary restrictions. You privation to beryllium retired determination steadfast and giving america the champion accidental to win. Obviously, I anticipation to beryllium capable to bash immoderate worldly successful OTAs and get to grooming campy and hopefully beryllium capable to bash a batch there. I’m excited for the process. It’s a agelong process, but I’m excited for it."

Mahomes had 3,587 passing yards and 22 touchdowns successful 14 games during the year, but Kansas City’s play was a spot unusual.

Patrick Mahomes watches the enactment from a suite during the 3rd 4th astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

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The one-score games they won successful 2024, which helped them to a Super Bowl appearance, turned retired to beryllium defeats successful 2025. Too galore dropped passes and different silly mistakes outgo the squad aggregate times.

"I deliberation conscionable compounding mistakes," Mahomes said erstwhile asked what went incorrect successful 2025. "You marque mistakes passim a game. For myself, I look astatine immoderate of the reddish portion interceptions I threw successful benignant of bigger moments successful the 3rd and 4th fourth of games. That’s worldly that I haven’t done successful the past, and truthful speaking for myself, conscionable trying to beryllium amended successful those moments. I deliberation offensively we weren’t accordant capable passim games. We had stretches successful games wherever we played good, we had stretches successful the play wherever we played truly good.

"We’ve got to beryllium amended and that starts with maine and past it benignant of has to provender passim the full offense. So, I deliberation similar I said, guys are motivated, coaches, players, we’re each motivated to beryllium amended this adjacent year. Like I said, it sucks watching these games. I privation to beryllium retired determination playing football, particularly this clip of year, it’s the champion clip of twelvemonth to play football. It’ll springiness america the motivation, hopefully, for america to travel backmost stronger adjacent year."

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) lowers his caput during the 4th fourth against the Houston Texans astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 7, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

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The Chiefs finished 6-11 and missed the playoffs for the archetypal clip since the 2014 season.

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