{"id":648318,"date":"2026-01-02T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/648318\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:51:11","slug":"patrick-mahomes-gives-behind-the-scenes-look-at-rehab-in-nye-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/648318\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes gives behind-the-scenes look at rehab in NYE post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes appeased to be in good spirits while lighting sparklers with his family on New Year\u2019s Eve, as seen a photo shared by his wife Brittany Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes, who underwent surgery after he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/14\/sports\/chiefs-patrick-mahomes-left-devastated-by-torn-acl-to-end-his-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tore his ACL in a loss to the Chargers<\/a> on Dec. 14, was all smiles as he stood in their driveway with 4-year-old daughter, Sterling, son, Bronze, 3, and daughter Golden, who turns one this month.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Super Bowl champ sported a sweatshirt and matching shorts while on crutches, as his leg was in a black sleeve and a brace.<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany Mahomes light sparklers with their three kids to ring 2026 after his season-ending ACL injury.  Instagram\/Brittany Mahomes<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes tore his ACL in his left knee with less than two minutes remaining in the Chiefs\u2019 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15. <\/p>\n<p>He underwent surgery the next day to repair the torn ACL plus LCL ligaments in his left knee.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner Minshew\u00a0replaced Mahomes and tossed an interception to seal the loss \u2014 which officially eliminated the Chiefs (6-10) from playoff contention for the first time in Mahomes\u2019 tenure in Kansas City. <\/p>\n<p>During a virtual press conference Monday, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid explained that Mahomes is back in the building and attacking his rehab.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes grabs his knee after being injured during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers on  Sunday, December 14, 2025 in Kansas City, Mo.  AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, he\u2019s around,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hIEfOWXNFpY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reid said<\/a> of Mahomes. \u201cSo, he\u2019s in the building working and doing his rehab (and) spending a lot of hours doing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s really attacked that and will continue to do that. He\u2019s around and sees the guys, but most of his time is being spent rehabbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes looks on from a suite during the first half of the Chiefs\u2019 game against the Denver Broncos on Thursday, December 25, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo.   AP<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes, 30, was in attendance for the Chiefs\u2019 home loss to the Denver Broncos on Christmas night.<\/p>\n<p>Reid said Mahomes won\u2019t travel to Sunday\u2019s game against the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, probably not,\u201d the coach added. \u201cNot this soon, no.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes appeased to be in good spirits while lighting sparklers with his family on New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,499,9,10,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-648318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patrick-mahomes","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sports-entertainment","18":"tag-wags"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}