{"id":849499,"date":"2026-08-09T20:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/849499\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:44:13","slug":"chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-knee-feels-great-i-forget-about-it-sometimes-latest-nfl-news-analysis-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/849499\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ knee ‘feels great’: ‘I forget about it sometimes’ | Latest NFL News, Analysis & Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahomes has traditionally gotten reps in preseason play, but head coach Andy Reid said Friday<\/a> it was unlikely the three-time Super Bowl MVP would play in the team\u2019s preseason opener against the Los Angeles Rams, who won\u2019t be playing reigning AP NFL MVP Matthew Stafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Still, Mahomes\u2019 recovery is flying by at this point. That\u2019s how it feels, any way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely feels like it’s going quick,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like your whole career though you have to enjoy the moments. To have that different perspective, now being a father is to enjoy the little moments and enjoy the time at camp, enjoy cafeteria, because all of a sudden you’re going to look up, you’re not going to be coming back here. And so, I hope that’s a long ways away but I do enjoy getting to be here, listen to this music I’ve never heard of and just be that the old guy at camp now and try to build those relationships with your teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through nine seasons, the 30-year-old has had more moments to enjoy than most franchises. Last season wasn\u2019t one of them, though, as Kansas City failed to make the playoffs for the first time in Mahomes\u2019 career. And then, of course, there was the disaster of tearing his ACL and LCL.<\/p>\n

As Mahomes continues to strengthen his left knee, he\u2019s certainly running a race with it, looking to get back for the season opener and avoid missing a game due to injury for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n

Whenever he does return, another comeback awaits.<\/p>\n

Longtime rulers of the AFC, Kansas City is looking for a postseason return and to prove its glory era hasn\u2019t expired. Coming off his worst statistical season as a starter, Mahomes has plenty of reason for inspiration, but starting the season at full strength is the most important hurdle at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI forget about it sometime,\u201d he said. \u201cI try to be smart, like I said, but there’s sometimes you get through camp, man, you’re trying to compete practices are long and I mean, you want to win the rep. So, there’s times where I do forget about it and just play football, which is a good thing and then I’ll have to do that again whenever we get to the regular season. So, it’s about learning how to play with what I\u2019ve got, and I feel like I’m able to move and do the things that I can and we’re going to keep pushing it and see where I can get it to. So I can hopefully get that okay to go out there and play Week 1.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mahomes has traditionally gotten reps in preseason play, but head coach Andy Reid said Friday it was unlikely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[37242,64,63,151096,44,593,6584,7820,85,10020],"class_list":["post-849499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-category","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-players","tag-sports","tag-teams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849499","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=849499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}