As the Kansas City Chiefs get ready for training camp, the biggest question hanging over the team is Patrick Mahomes. The concern is simple: will he be ready to start Week 1 against the Denver Broncos, or will Justin Fields be under center in the opener?
Chase Daniel, who once backed up Mahomes in Kansas City and later carved out a long NFL career as a journeyman, recently went over Mahomes’ latest film on The Breakdown, his YouTube channel. And Daniel came away encouraged by what he saw.
“He looks trimmer. He looks a little bit more explosive, but he's absolutely still babying the left knee...
[The knee is] really ginger,” Daniel said while breaking down a few different plays. “He's definitely not a hundred percent.
My thing is like watching him through these next couple of days and seeing how sore he gets and if he misses any practices... This is the first time in his career that Mahomes has sort of been doubted, right?
And I don't get it because this, this looks good. He's definitely ginger on, on the knee though...
His mechanics look good... Mahomes is going to be just fine.”
Daniel’s read should bring some comfort to Chiefs fans, even with the obvious caveat that Mahomes is not fully back yet. That part isn’t exactly shocking. Mahomes dealt with the injury in December, so being fully cleared to practice only seven months later is a remarkable turnaround.
What stood out most in Daniel’s breakdown was the way Mahomes moved and threw in the clips. He liked the mechanics, he liked the look, and he didn’t sound worried. For a former quarterback who knows the position as well as Daniel does, that carries weight.
Still, the real answer won’t come from a film session. It comes when Mahomes gets back on the field in live action.
Chiefs fans are hoping that happens in Week 1 against the Broncos. If it doesn’t, the wait will continue until he’s ready - and whenever that moment arrives, Kansas City will be more than ready to see its two-time MVP take the snaps again.
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