{"id":836762,"date":"2026-03-27T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836762\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:56:37","slug":"chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-timeline-has-uncertainty-says-nfl-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836762\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes\u2019 timeline has \u2018uncertainty,\u2019 says NFL Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Wednesday, <a href=\"http:\/\/arrowheadpride.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> quarterback Patrick Mahomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrowheadpride.com\/kansas-city-chiefs-injuries\/197442\/chiefs-patrick-mahomes-shows-off-recovery-progress-with-video-throwing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took the NFL news cycle by storm<\/a> after sharing a video via social media of himself on the field and throwing. The league\u2019s biggest star has largely been out of the public eye since tearing multiple knee ligaments late in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Later on Wednesday, Ian Rapoport <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2036944267231244706\" rel=\"nofollow\">discussed the clip<\/a> on NFL Network\u2019s \u201cThe Insiders.\u201d Rapoport reiterated that while the news is encouraging, the team remains far from certain when Mahomes will actually return to action. He also confirmed earlier reports that Mahomes has been in the facility for up to seven hours daily to complete his rehab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThis is good news,\u201d said Rapoport. \u201cThat said, there is still some uncertainty. There\u2019s a lot of uncertainty because he is just three months out from a nine-to-twelve-month recovery. It is not just an ACL tear. It is also an LCL tear. It included surgery right away just to accelerate the rehab. It also is the kind of thing that can take a little bit longer. The knee can be a little stiff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rapoport compared Mahomes\u2019 injury to that of one of his former backups. Carson Wentz \u2014 now with the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailynorseman.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> \u2014 also tore his ACL and LCL late in the 2017 season while with the <a href=\"http:\/\/bleedinggreennation.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>. Ultimately, Wentz missed the first two games in 2018 before retaking the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIf Patrick Mahomes is not ready in September,\u201d declared Rapoport, \u201che is just not going to be on the field. This is a conservative and very good medical staff. That is why they traded for Justin Fields \u2014 who has plenty of starter experience \u2014 even if it\u2019s just for the first couple of games of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes took the NFL news cycle by storm after sharing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,23995,922,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-836762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-injuries","10":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","11":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116301016841514840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836762","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=836762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}