Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes shows progress from ACL injury with video

[p]The 30-year-old star, a two-time NFL Most Valuable Player, led the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kansas-city-chiefs/vienoNr7/"]Chiefs[/a] to five Super Bowls in six seasons and three crowns before the club slumped to 6-11 last year.[/p][p]Last December, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mahomes-patrick/W2xC0Ev4/"]Mahomes[/a] suffered torn left knee ligaments and underwent surgery to repair them with no timetable of when he might return.[/p][p]Three months later, Mahomes was shown in a video posted on social media by the Chiefs in which he dropped back and threw a pass.[/p][p]In January, Mahomes said his recovery was "going great" and that his doctor said he could be fully ready for the opening week of the 2026 NFL season in early September.[/p][embed guid="11bdf198-833d-459e-a6fc-3881a7f82f4a" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2036875450082091385?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Mahomes is shown in the video wearing a compression sleeve on his left leg and dropping back to pass, leisurely switching his weight back and forth on his legs and making a throw.[/p][p]The video shows Mahomes has reached the first milestone on his rehabilitation journey but how long and how far he has remaining in the trek is still uncertain.[/p][p]It's the first major injury suffered by the veteran passer in his nine-year NFL career, where he was known for his scrambling ability as well as for making clutch throws with games on the line.[/p]