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Patrick Mahomes said Thursday that doctors have been slowing him down a bit in his rehab because he’s been pushing himself too hard while recovering from the knee injury he suffered late in the season.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback laid out a hopeful timeline for when he will be ready to play while addressing reporters as he continues to work toward returning to full strength.
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a pass during the second half against the Los Angeles Chargers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 14, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Image Images)
“First of all, rehab is going great so far. I’ve been doing all the checkpoints the doctor wants you to do and regaining strength and range of motion,” Mahomes said. “So, that’s been going very well. I’ve been doing all of this here in Kansas City so far. (Assistant athletic trainer) Julie (Frymyer) has been crushing me, pushing me. The doctor gives you goals to reach, and I just try to maximize them, and they hold me back because I always want to go a little further. It’s gone very well.
“I think long term I want to be ready for Week 1. The doctor says I might be, but I can’t predict what’s going to happen during the process, but that’s my goal, so I’ll try to prepare myself to be ready to play in that Week 1 and not have any restrictions. You want to be healthy and give us the best chance to win. Obviously, I hope I can do some things in OTAs and get to training camp and hopefully be able to do a lot there. I’m excited about the process. It’s a long process, but I’m excited about it.”
Mahomes had 3,587 passing yards and 22 touchdowns in 14 games during the year, but Kansas City’s season was a bit unusual.
Patrick Mahomes watches the action from a suite during the third quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on December 25, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Image Images)
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The one-score games they won in 2024, which helped them reach the Super Bowl, turned out to be losses in 2025. Too many dropped passes and other silly mistakes cost the team several times.
“I think I just made mistakes,” Mahomes said when asked what went wrong in 2025. “You make mistakes throughout a game. For myself, I look at some of the interceptions in the red zone that I threw in bigger moments in the third and fourth quarters of games. That’s something I haven’t done in the past, and speaking for myself, I just try to be better in those moments. I think offensively we weren’t consistent enough during games. We had stretches in games. in which we played well, There were stretches of the season in which we played very well.
“We have to be better and that starts with me and then it has to feed the entire offense. So, I think like I said, the guys are motivated, the coaches, the players, we’re all motivated to be better next year. Like I said, it sucks to watch these games. I want to be out there playing football, especially this time of year, it’s the best time of year to play football. It’ll give us the motivation, hopefully, to come back stronger next year.”
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) lowers his head during the fourth quarter against the Houston Texans at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 7, 2025. (Denny Medley/Image Images)
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The Chiefs finished 6-11 and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2014 season.
