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Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

Is Patrick Mahomes REALLY coming back STRONGER than anyone EXPECTED this season?

Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Patrick Mahomes accelerates his recovery, surprising Kansas City Chiefs fans with rehab progress and renewed intensity. Can Mahomes and the Chiefs overcome the hurdles of an atypical NFL offseason and keep their Super Bowl dreams alive? Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark break down Mahomes’ ramped-up training regimen, the ripple effects of his injury comeback on Andy Reid’s offensive scheme, and the pivotal role of Josh Simmons at left tackle in keeping QB1 safe. The conversation highlights Travis Kelce’s future, Eric Bieniemy’s return to the coaching staff, and crucial changes in the Chiefs’ approach—like a heavier run game, strategic pass protection, and the importance of offensive line depth in OTAs. With AFC rivals lurking and new weapons emerging, will Mahomes’ discipline and leadership be enough to launch Kansas City to another championship run?

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0:00.0

Mahomes is on the men and he's making more casual progress than anybody knows, except for us here today on Locked on Chiefs.

0:08.0

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

0:14.0

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0:39.3

We're going to have a good time today.

0:56.6

We're going to take a look at Patrick Rahmsas. We're coming off the Memorial Day weekend. I hope you guys had a great one. We're going to take a look at how we make him safer. There's one particular player that I think has a big impact on that. That's coming up later in the show. before that, the strengthening of Patrick's game on return from this injury.

0:56.0

And we start with him just being on the men this is chris clark over at k c chief's

1:01.2

coordinator it's where you can find his written content i'm ryan tracy can find me in rg r football

1:05.4

nfl 33 dot com and rougatc dot com especially if you missed the draft with us check that out

1:11.7

chris it's been uh it's been a lot of progress. I know he's made some public appearances of late.

1:17.9

I didn't see anything specific over this weekend, but there's a lot of what feels like

1:24.9

normal progress in what is honestly an atypical offseason for Patrick

1:30.9

Holmes and for the Chiefs. Yeah, normally he'd be in Texas. Maybe not right now, but like at some

1:36.5

point this summer he would have been in during the, you know, the break he would have been in Texas

1:40.6

throwing with the guys. And I don't know if that would have been in April or if that was going to be something they'd do in June. But they always were there throwing. Actually, it was before the draft. So it would have been March or April. I mean, they would have been doing that had he not been injured. So he hasn't had that. It's going to be a little bit different this year, obviously, with the injury and coming back from that. But it does sound like he is getting closer and closer to being, I'm not going to say anywhere near 100%,

2:06.7

but at least back to almost semi-normal for somebody that has been that we didn't think would be having a chance at starting week one.

2:14.9

And now it looks like that may be closer to reality than

2:18.5

not starting week one. Yeah, I agree. And all indications, you have to take it all on the field.

2:25.4

And we're going to talk about OTAs coming up later this week, what Patrick's role be

2:29.5

advising or watching to him or just be in the mean room. We'll find out what that is as we get word

2:35.4

from the team. But in the meantime, I have some insight that's exclusive to this show because nobody

2:40.8

else is able to get the sources that I have, particularly about some of the media aspects of what

2:46.9

Patrick's doing. And it seems to be a normal, like, media filled off season where he's doing commercial shoots and he's doing. And it seems to be a normal, like, media-filled off-season where he's doing commercial

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