NFL insider provides promising update on Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ progress
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.
- Mahomes spends roughly seven hours a day at the Chiefs facility.
- Dec. 15 surgery makes a ~9‑month ACL/LCL recovery feasible for September.
- Insider Jay Glazer says Mahomes could return sooner than season start.
We’ve seen some photos of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes this offseason, and it seemed like he’s making good progress following knee surgery in December.
But what can you really tell from, say, a photo last month from daughter Sterling’s birthday party?
Last month, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Mahomes spends roughly seven hours a day at the team facility and was “making progress every day.”
Will that be enough for Mahomes to be ready for the season opener in September? The recovery time from an ACL and LCL repair is roughly nine months. The surgery was Dec. 15, so it is feasible Mahomes would be back in time.
But Fox Sports NFL Insider Jay Glazer painted a much rosier picture Thursday while on “The Dan Patrick Show.”
Patrick asked if Mahomes would be ready at the start the season.
“The initial reports were kind of on the fringe there, but I want to tell you, Patrick’s different. He’s different,” Glazer said. “He went down, he immediately got the surgery. Flew himself down there, got the surgery maybe the next day, which they normally don’t do. But he got it (the surgery) before it really swelled up. So that was on a Tuesday.
“I believe it was either Thursday or Friday that week, he was already in the Chiefs’ training room doing rehab. And he had already got his knee bending at 90 degrees at that point. He’s just different, he heals differently.”
Glazer talked about how Mahomes tried to re-enter a game against Denver in 2019 after suffering a dislocated kneecap. Glazer also mentioned Mahomes had a dislocated toe going into Super Bowl LV, but he played the entire game.
“His pain threshold is different, his work ethic is different,” Glazer said. “So at first they were like, ‘Oh, you know, start of the season.’ I would probably hedge on him being (back) sooner than that. By far because he just attacks things.”
This story was originally published March 6, 2026 at 8:31 AM.
