{"id":824366,"date":"2026-03-21T03:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824366\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:02:20","slug":"patrick-mahomes-new-ig-post-has-chiefs-fans-very-hopeful-about-a-week-1-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824366\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes&#8217; New IG Post Has Chiefs Fans VERY Hopeful About a Week 1 Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nfl\/brittany-mahomes-latest-instagram-post-brings-big-relief-patrick-mahomes-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">low-key teasers<\/a>, from vacation flicks to off-season party cameos, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/patrick-mahomes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> stopped playing coy and addressed the biggest question hanging over Kansas City.  All offseason, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/kansas-city-chiefs\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u2014and their fans\u2014were locked in on one thing: will Mahomes be ready to roll come Week 1? Now, we\u2019ve got our answer.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes just hit IG. And Chiefs Kingdom is reading between the lines.<\/p>\n<p>Can Patrick Mahomes Be Ready by September?<\/p>\n<p>The QB1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWHDD1zFI4I\/?img_index=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dropped a new post on Instagram<\/a> of in-game shots, rocking No. 15, a Chiefs hoodie, signature Adidas cleats, and that tunnel walk energy. The caption? Just a \u23f0 (clock emoji). And if you know Mahomes, you know that clock means one thing\u2014he\u2019s gearing up.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes is still rehabbing from that torn ACL he suffered in Week 15 of the 2025 season. He went under the knife on Dec. 15, with an expected 9\u201312 month recovery window\u2014so we\u2019re looking at September at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/andy-reid\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1727\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Reid<\/a> said Mahomes was grinding. Logging seven-hour rehab days at the facility. Classic QB1 behavior. But let\u2019s be real: ACL recoveries aren\u2019t a straight go-route. There are cuts, setbacks, and the occasional audible. Mahomes might be eyeing Week 1, but nothing\u2019s locked in yet.<\/p>\n<p>And the Chiefs are playing it smart. They made a move on March 16, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nfl\/chiefs-lock-in-their-qb2-justin-fields-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trading with the Jets for Justin Fields<\/a>. He\u2019s your insurance policy; QB2 on paper, but fully capable of holding it down if Mahomes isn\u2019t cleared.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After weeks of low-key teasers, from vacation flicks to off-season party cameos, Patrick Mahomes stopped playing coy and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,499],"class_list":{"0":"post-824366","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"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116264943344267742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824366","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=824366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}