Chiefs News 5/15: NFL betting on Patrick Mahomes’ Week 1 availability

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - DECEMBER 14: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs warms up prior to the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) | Getty Images The latest Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Gets New Availability Update for Week 1 | Heavy The league has already announced that the Chiefs will host the Denver Broncos in Week 1 on Monday Night Football. According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, that wouldn’t have happened if there wasn’t a high level of confidence that Mahomes will be ready to play (H/T Sleeper Chiefs).

“The Chiefs have said he is way ahead of schedule,” Schefter said on ESPN’s ‘Get Up’. “You would never bet against Patrick Mahomes, and the NFL certainly hasn’t. The league has scheduled the Chiefs for the opening Monday night game of the year.

The league doesn’t do that unless they think that there’s a realistic chance that Patrick Mahomes is going to be back. I think the feeling is you have to see how the knee is progressing during the course of the summer. The feeling right now within the organization is that he is tracking to be ready for that Monday night game against Bo Nix — who is coming off his own surgery of his ankle — and the Denver Broncos in Kansas City.

” A lot can happen between now and Week 1, but as Schefter alluded to, the NFL definitely would not have scheduled Kansas City in a primetime slot if it didn’t feel positive about Mahomes being available. The Chiefs acquired Justin Fields in a trade with the New York Jets earlier this offseason to back Mahomes up and start for him if needed. Chiefs’ offseason winners and losers: Which players received votes of confidence?