Ex-Chiefs coach details how team should handle Patrick Mahomes’ return to action
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- Andy Reid declined to set a timetable for Patrick Mahomes’s return to play.
- Mahomes tore two knee ligaments in December and has worked diligently to return.
- Edwards advised giving Mahomes one or two reads and avoiding hero ball early on.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid has declined to put a timetable on when quarterback Patrick Mahomes might be ready to play in the upcoming season.
But by all accounts, Mahomes has been working diligently to get back as soon as possible after he tore two ligaments in his knee during a game in December.
The expectation among fans and pundits is that Mahomes is going to want to play in the opener against the Broncos on “Monday Night Football.”
Former Chiefs coach Herm Edwards was on “Good Morning Football” and was asked Monday how he would handle Mahomes’ return to action. Edwards shared what he would tell Mahomes.
“You’re going to have to really sit down with him and say, ‘Look, for the best interest of not only of your career but this organization, this is how we’ve got to do it early. And we’ll see as it goes. But we’re going to get the ball out. We’re gonna give you one or two reads. If it’s not there, throw it away. Don’t play hero ball,’” said Edwards, who coached the Chiefs from 2006-‘08.
“Let’s just get used to playing. He’s missed football games. It’s different now. He hasn’t played live football and all of a sudden it’s live. And it’s like, wait a minute now. Give him some structure, this is what you’re going to do. Bring it along slow and as the season goes on, you put a little bit more on his plate.”
Here is Edwards, who coached the Chiefs to the playoffs in the 2006 NFL season, on Mahomes.
