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Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL and LCL suffered during a Week 15 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Chiefs' vice president of sports medicine and performance, Rick Buckholder, revealed a potential timeline for Mahomes at around nine months - which puts him in position to return for Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season. However, Burkholder isn't putting it past Mahomes to be ready even sooner than the nine-month threshold.
"I think you guys know, as a player, his mindset is a little different than most," Burkholder said. "He's so regimented in what he does. He's in here at 6 a.m. He's the last guy out at night. He'll take the rehab like that. When you add up all the little things, that allows the player to get back faster. They don't heal up faster, they just get back to performance faster."
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As Mahomes prepares for a long recovery this offseason, the NFL made its final determination of a potential punishment for Chargers defensive lineman Da'Shawn Hand. The defensive lineman chased Mahomes out of the pocket and made a low hit on the quarterback which played a role in Mahomes' torn ACL.
While the star quarterback was injured on the play, the NFL saw nothing wrong with what Hand did and opted not to fine him this week.
Chargers safety Tony Jefferson was the only member of the Chargers to be hit with a fine from the game. He was punished twice -- once for an obscene gesture, resulting in a $7,111 fine, and a hit on a defenseless player, which resulted in another $7,111 fine.
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