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Chiefs Could Get Mahomes Back Sooner Rather Than Later?!

Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs shake up their defensive line as rookie minicamp turns heads—could a surprise roster breakthrough be on the horizon? Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark break down the Chiefs’ bold move releasing Zacch Pickens and veteran Jay Kaner, spotlighting the rise of newcomers like Omar Norman-Lott, Peter Woods, Khyiris Tonga, and practice squad hopefuls Brevard and Amari McNeil. The conversation explores how rookie signings like Xavier Lloyd, Marlon Se, and Khalil Benson might reshape the depth chart, and examines Andy Reid’s cryptic updates on Patrick Mahomes’ health as speculation swirls about his OTA availability. Key insights include the mental and physical challenges facing rookies, changes in the quarterback room with Justin Fields and Garrett Nussmeier, and what Chiefs Kingdom should expect as Phase 3 OTAs approach. Can Kansas City’s new faces handle the pressure—and is Mahomes on track for a rapid return? Don’t miss this comprehensive look at the Chiefs’ evolving offseason chessboard.

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0:00.0

Chiefs got rookie camp kicked off, and Patrick Mahomes is...

0:05.0

From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked-on Chiefs podcast.

0:11.0

You are Locked-on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast.

0:16.0

Part of the Locked-on podcast network, your team every day.

0:22.9

Welcome in Chief's Kingdom. It is Monday here, and we appreciate you joining us.

0:27.0

Hope you had a good weekend. The rookies certainly did. We're going to run down what the OT phases

0:32.1

are going to look like here coming in the near future as we ramp up this post-draft process for the young guys

0:39.2

joining this roster. Before that, we're going to get to the Mahomes discussion, debate,

0:44.3

et cetera, the plans team is making to leave all their doors open. And we start with the ramifications

0:50.0

of the rookie tryout weekend, everybody on hand, a lot of media flying around about who fits a helmet this way and

0:57.3

which draft picks are ready.

0:59.2

Good looking draft class.

1:00.5

I think we're all pretty enamored with how this fit is going to be.

1:04.7

Usage is going to be something we'll talk about for quite a while.

1:07.0

But I thought having 100 and what was it, 104, four hundred eight guys in for rookie minicamp is an incredible number so much so that other than

1:17.1

pulling for one particular Jayhawk like I was a little bit kind of overwhelmed that they

1:22.5

brought in that many what caught you off guard well I think when you look at this uh they had i think maybe 108

1:30.3

invites and 104 showed up uh there was four that i think didn't come they went to other rookie

1:35.5

minicamps um at least that's what i saw i think that this is just it's all fascinating to me to see

1:42.2

and we're going to talk about here in just a second the signings that came from rookie minicamp from the tri-out players and what it

1:48.0

actually means, because there's a couple of things to take away from it. We're going to talk

1:53.3

about Mahomes in the second segment, but really the thing that stood out to me is they

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