{"id":729597,"date":"2026-06-11T12:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729597\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:14:11","slug":"biggest-winners-and-losers-from-2026-nfl-otas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729597\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Winners and Losers from 2026 NFL OTAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is looking to rebound from the most disappointing season of his career. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After making seven straight appearances in the AFC title game, Kansas City stumbled to a 6-11 record and missed the playoffs entirely. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Mahomes is also working his way back from a torn ACL that he suffered in December. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Naturally, he would love to be ready to start by Week 1. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;That&#8217;s always going to be the goal,&#8221; Mahomes <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/patrick-mahomes-always-the-goal-to-play-week-1-but-its-a-long-ways-away\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters<\/a> last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While Mahomes isn&#8217;t back to 100 percent just yet, he was present for OTAs, participating in drills, and, reportedly, looking good while doing it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Despite the bulky brace on his left leg, he has reportedly looked sharp while going through seven-on-seven drills during voluntary workouts,&#8221; The Athletic&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7333622\/2026\/06\/08\/nfl-minicamps-storylines-browns-quarterbacks-patrick-mahomes\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Jones<\/a> wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Being back on the field for OTAs is a big early win for Mahomes, who is looking to return to the playoffs and who should be <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25431539-power-ranking-nfls-top-2026-comeback-candidates-patrick-mahomes-returns-field\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">considered the early front-runner<\/a> for Comeback Player of the Year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is looking to rebound from the most disappointing season of his career.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-729597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}