Patrick Mahomes

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• Camp · Aug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026

  Patrick Mahomes Camp Update — August 23: Reid Leaves the Finale Door Open

  Mahomes sat his second straight preseason game while practicing fully, and Andy Reid answered the question about the Seattle finale with a "we'll see" — a real departure from his old habit of playing his starter every August.

• Camp · Aug 16, 2026Aug 17, 2026

  Patrick Mahomes Camp Update — August 16: Throwing in Full Practice, Held Out on Purpose

  Mahomes threw live in Thursday's practice and then watched Saturday's preseason opener in street-clothes mode, dressed but untouched. Eight months after knee reconstruction, both halves of that are the plan working.

• 2026 PreviewJun 15, 2026

  Patrick Mahomes 2026 Season Preview — a torn ACL under the QB4 rate

  Mahomes finished QB11 across 14 games, averaging 20.4 half-PPR points per game on a frame built more around efficiency and touchdown rate than volume dominance — the kinds of inputs that carry weaker signals into future seasons. His 94.1% availability rate from 2021 through 2025 remains one of the steadiest durability marks at the position.

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  Patrick Mahomes still finished as a top-four fantasy quarterback per game last season. He also tore his ACL near the end of it, and graded as one of the least accurate passers in the league. He's the thirteenth quarterback off the board — the lowest he's ever been drafted, for real reasons. The Muffed 2026 preview.

  The 2025 season was good-not-vintage, then cut short: 14 games, 20.3 a game, QB4 per game but QB11 in total, on 3500 passing yards, 22 touchdowns, 11 picks, +422 rushing yards and a rushing share that crept up to a quarter of his points. The signature was a three-touchdown, one-rushing-score game against Detroit in Week 6. Productive — but the underlying accuracy was poor, a completion percentage over expected near the bottom of the league.

  The arc shows a clear dip from the peak: years of 24-to-26 a game, then a slide to the high teens in 2023 and 2024, and back to 23 in 2025. Still elite by reputation; no longer automatically the QB1.

  What the data says, both directions: the QB4-per-game rate and the climbing rushing share are genuine positives — and the rushing share now nudges him into the floor-friendly tier. But the accuracy was bad, the kind of number that caps a passing ceiling, and a torn ACL is a torn ACL. The talent is unquestioned; the 2025 tape and the knee are the questions.

  The situation, per the reports, is recovery and reinforcements, both with receipts now: Mahomes tore the ACL and LCL in his left knee on December fourteenth and had surgery the next day; as of June, the GM calls the rehab "way ahead of schedule," Mahomes was throwing in seven-on-sevens at minicamp while being held from full team drills, and the stated goal is Week One with no restrictions. The Chiefs, meanwhile, made him the NFL's first half-billion-dollar player — two years added in June, through 2033 — and stocked the shelves: Rashee Rice is back after serving a 30-day jail term for a probation violation from the 2024 crash case, plus a knee cleanup, with Reid expecting him on time for camp; Xavier Worthy had shoulder surgery and still came out of the spring as the practice standout; Justin Fields was traded for as insurance; and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker now anchors the backfield. A healthy Mahomes with that arsenal is a top-five quarterback; a Mahomes a step slow off a knee reconstruction is the risk.

  The price: pick 93, QB13. Verdict: WATCHLIST — the QB4 rate, the rising rushing share, and the restocked weapons argue he's underpriced; the knee reconstruction, the poor 2025 accuracy, and the two-year dip from his peak argue the discount is earned. Genuinely mixed, which is exactly why he's a watch and not a pound-the-table call. The counter for him: it's Patrick Mahomes at QB13. Against: you're betting on a clean ACL return and an accuracy rebound at once.

  September watch: the knee — mobility and the rushing volume that now matters to his value; and the accuracy, the thing that quietly slipped. Your whole roster gets this treatment every week — that's the show.

• 2025 ReviewMay 11, 2026

  Patrick Mahomes 2025 Season in Review

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  Patrick Mahomes in 2025 — let's set the table. He finished as the number 11 quarterback in total PPR scoring, but the number 4 quarterback on a per-game basis. That gap tells the whole story before we open the box: Mahomes was a high-end weekly producer on a team that fell apart around him. The Chiefs went 6 and 11, missed the playoffs for the first time in the Mahomes era, and he suited up for just 14 games. When he played, top-five fantasy arm. When the operation needed him to drag a broken roster, the math caught up — and the real-football efficiency numbers underneath were rough.

  Now let's dig into the numbers, because this is where it gets interesting. Mahomes averaged 20.4 PPR points per game on a boom-or-bust profile, and a huge chunk came from his legs: 422 rushing yards on 64 carries — 6.6 a pop — plus 5 rushing touchdowns. That rushing floor is what locked in the top-five per-game finish. The passing efficiency got muffed. His completion percentage over expected was minus 2.9, 31st among qualified passers — bottom of the league. Adjusted net yards per attempt of 6.2 ranked 19th. He threw 22 touchdowns against 11 interceptions and took 34 sacks behind protection that graded in the 41st percentile. On consistency, six games of 23 PPR or better — including a 31.5 against Detroit and back-to-back four-touchdown games against Baltimore and Dallas. But four games under 14 points, bottoming out at 6.3 against Houston in a three-interception clunker. Elite ceiling, real floor games mixed in, especially down the stretch when Kansas City lost eight of their last nine.

  The defining play wasn't a touchdown — it was the third-quarter pick-six in Jacksonville. Tied 14-14, second and three at the Jaguars' three-yard line, Mahomes throws short middle for Juju Smith-Schuster, Devin Lloyd jumps it and takes it 99 yards the other way. Expected points on that snap: minus 12.7. A 14-point swing in a game the Chiefs lost by three. That's the season in miniature — Mahomes in scoring position, red-zone touchdown rate sitting in the bottom quarter of the league, one disastrous decision flipping the result. The arm talent and the rushing upside kept him fantasy-relevant every week. The accuracy and the turnovers are why the Chiefs are watching January at home.