{"id":2203,"date":"2026-07-27T01:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:05:57","slug":"patrick-mahomes-issues-warning-to-the-nfl-after-major-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=2203","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes Issues Warning to the NFL After Major Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Patrick-Mahomes-Cleared-to-Play.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Patrick-Mahomes-Cleared-to-Play.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Patrick-Mahomes-Cleared-to-Play.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Patrick-Mahomes-Cleared-to-Play.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts prior to a game against the Baltimore Ravens at Arrowhead Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1746\" data-img-load-time=\"1676\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0delivered a confident message after receiving full medical clearance to participate in training camp, making it clear he expects to return to the field as the same player\u2014if not an even better one.<\/p>\n<p>Although the\u00a0three-time Super Bowl champion\u00a0said he still has work to do before the regular season begins, Mahomes\u2019 comments served as a warning that he believes his lengthy recovery from the torn ACL he suffered in December has him moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Patrick Mahomes Issues Warning After Reaching Major Recovery Milestone<\/h2>\n<p>Mahomes said receiving medical clearance is another important checkpoint in his recovery, but stressed that he still has to prove himself on the practice field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust looking at the dates, and there were certain checkpoints I had to get to, to get to this point,\u201d Mahomes said in a\u00a0press conference on July 24. \u201cAnd this is just another checkpoint on the schedule. So you have to continue to work. It\u2019s not like it\u2019s over and I\u2019m going to be able to play a game tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then explained the standard he has set for himself as he works toward returning to game action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to continue to work and get better and better and go throughout practice and prove to the coaches, prove to the doctors, everybody that I\u2019m the same quarterback I was before \u2014 if not better \u2014 and I can go out there and take care of myself and win football games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes later added that he already feels much more comfortable physically than he did earlier in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the stuff I had to prove to the doctors and the coaches and everybody like that to be at this point,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s a long process. The process isn\u2019t over. It\u2019ll be something I\u2019ll probably deal with for the next few years of my career and throughout the rest of my career. But you have to stay on top of that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I feel comfortable now of being able to go out there and run the offense the way the offense is supposed to be run.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Andy Reid Announces Patrick Mahomes Has Been Cleared to Practice<\/h2>\n<p>Reid revealed Mahomes\u2019 status before the quarterback met with reporters, confirming that Kansas City\u2019s franchise quarterback will participate fully when training camp begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPat\u2019s doing great with his [rehab],\u201d Reid said. \u201cRight now he\u2019s got clearance to practice and do all the different periods that we have in this camp. We\u2019ll just take it day by day and see how he does. He\u2019ll have plenty of eyes on him from coaches to trainers to doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut right now, he\u2019s been cleared to go ahead and participate fully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Mahomes has been cleared for practice, Reid declined to predict whether the quarterback will be available for the regular-season opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m optimistic, and I know he is extremely optimistic,\u201d Reid said. \u201cBut I think you\u2019ve got to see how things go here. Let\u2019s just see where we\u2019re at and not make any predictions or anything else. Take it day by day and see where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid said Mahomes will receive his normal practice workload as quarterbacks and rookies begin camp before the rest of the roster reports on July 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see about games and all that once we get there. But right now, we\u2019re just going to take it day by day and see how he does,\u201d Reid said. \u201cBut he\u2019s been given clearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been up here every day, doing his thing, rehabbing. I mentioned before how much time he spent \u2014 if anybody spent time doing this thing the right way, he\u2019s it. We appreciate that. And he\u2019s been given clearance by the doctors to work. And they\u2019re pretty comfortable with that. But keeping an eye on him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0delivered a confident message after receiving full medical clearance to participate in training camp, making it clear he expects to return to the field as the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[2,13,3,17],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","category-trending","tag-breaking-news","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-mahomes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}