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The injury immediately created uncertainty around his availability for the opening weeks of the 2026 NFL season.
“Hopefully I’m done with the questions about the leg,” he told reporters. It’s the amount of time [doctors] said from the beginning, that if I did everything the right way, I would be ready to play Week One. From the day I got the surgery, as quick as I did, to hopefully the first game of the year, the plan will go accordingly, and I’ll be able to go out there and be myself. ” “As far as our roster goes, there’s a very good chance that Patrick will go ahead and start unless something were to come up here in the next couple days,” Reid told reporters. “Most likely he’ll be the guy that’s out there.”
Mahomes’ frustration surfaced during his Thursday media session when another question about his physical condition brought a blunt response. Rather than provide another detailed update, the three-time Super Bowl winner signaled that he wants the conversation to move forward. It is an understandable stance for a player who has spent months focused on getting back on the field. Mahomes suffered ACL and LCL tears in his left knee during the Chiefs’ December meeting with the Los Angeles Chargers. Yet Mahomes never appeared willing to let the injury change his target. “It’s nine months. I’m someone that, if you put [a goal] out in front of me, I want to go out and get it and maximize every single opportunity, every rep in the weight room, every hour that I can spend in the building to get my body right. This has always been the plan.