Chiefs HC Andy Reid provides update on Patrick Mahomes’ injury rehab
The Kansas City Chiefs made a big move this offseason to be prepared in case star quarterback Patrick Mahomes begins the 2026 NFL season on the injured list. The Chiefs sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the New York Jets in exchange for quarterback Justin Fields. Fields will back up Mahomes, unless the three-time Super Bowl champ isn’t ready to answer the bell in early September.
MORE: Fernando Mendoza already learning Raiders offense ahead of 2026 NFL Draft According to Kansas City head coach Andy Reid, though, Mahomes is making steady progress in his injury rehab. Mahomes tore the ACL and LCL in his left knee during a Dec. 15 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
“He’s doing great,” Reid told NFL senior national columnist Judy Battista, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport . “He spends a ton of time in the building. … He’s in there for seven hours a day.
It’s showing, the progress. Now, to tell you a timeline? I mean, I know what he’s striving for.
We’ll just see where it goes from there. ” Meanwhile, Fields has started 53 games in five seasons, split between the Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers and Jets. He went 2-7 in nine starts for the Jets in 2025, completing 62.