KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes underwent profitable surgical procedure Monday evening in Dallas to restore the tear in his left ACL, the crew introduced.
The surgical procedure was carried out by Dr. Dan Cooper, the Dallas Cowboys’ head crew doctor. A league supply informed ESPN that Dr. Cooper additionally repaired the torn LCL in Mahomes’ left knee, confirming a report by NFL Community.
In line with the Chiefs, Mahomes “will start his rehab course of instantly.”
Mahomes was injured with lower than two minutes remaining in Sunday’s 16-13 loss to the Chargers, a outcome that ended the Chiefs’ playoff hopes.
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The everyday restoration for such an damage is about 9 months, which means Mahomes will miss the crew’s offseason program, and his availability for the beginning of subsequent season is in query. The 2026 NFL season opener is Sept. 10.
“He’ll assault it, similar to he does every part else,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid mentioned earlier Monday when addressing Mahomes’ rehab. “There have been some fairly good quarterbacks who’ve had the identical damage, and so they’ve carried out fairly nicely after they got here again. He’ll get after it, and he is obtained good folks right here to rehab him. He’ll be proper on prime of all of that.”
Some of the outstanding quarterbacks to rehab a torn ACL is Tom Brady, who was injured within the 2008 opener when he was 31 and in his ninth NFL season.
Throughout Monday’s episode of his “Let’s Go!” podcast, Brady shared some recommendation for Mahomes primarily based on his personal expertise.
“You have simply obtained to place as a lot diligence into the rehab course of,” mentioned Brady, who went on to win 4 Tremendous Bowls after his damage. “I at all times really feel just like the sooner you rehab, the sooner you may get again to practising the game that you understand you like. I feel typically folks will tempo themselves. As a substitute of coaching mode, they’re in rehab mode. I feel you bought to get via rehab mode as quick as attainable, and you then get again to coaching mode.
“However that requires an all-out dedication and it is the identical dedication that the nice skilled athletes make to be nice at their career. Whenever you undergo the rehab course of, you want that very same degree of focus and dedication. It is a powerful rehab. It is one of many hardest rehabs.”
