Former NFL QB breaks down why Patrick Mahomes could easily start Week 1 after a viral video has the league on notice
The Kansas City Chiefs could easily have their quarterback for the start of the 2026 season based on what we have seen.
The Kansas City Chiefs are expecting quarterback Patrick Mahomes to play Week 1 against the Denver Broncos.
However, there has been some pushback on that prediction. His knee injury is a bit more complicated than the average ACL tear. Not to mention, his Week 1 start wouldn’t align with the full recovery timeline athletes usually have for an injury like his. But this is Patrick Mahomes we are talking about. We know he recovers from injuries pretty quickly—just look at his high ankle sprain.
But this recovery would be truly insane, and it’s not just a hypothetical that he plays. This could really happen in Week 1. There’s a new video of Mahomes golfing making the rounds. His swing still looks good, and he’s wearing a compression sleeve on his knee. There are probably some people who have never played golf who think this doesn’t mean anything because it’s not a physical sport. But it does. One former NFL QB broke it down perfectly.
Former NFL QB Chase Daniel details Mahomes’ knee during golf swing video
“I mean, look at his swing. Look at his left knee. What I’m looking at right now: if you can’t swing a golf club at five and a half months (post-op), then there is no way you are playing. But, he can, and he’s rotating it (knee) just enough to get enough juice on it. It’s unbelievable. This just seems part of the script. You can internally rotate that knee, and he’s a little gimp, but if you can rotate that knee and swing a golf club, this is really, really good news.”
It’s important that Daniel made that video because there truly are a lot of people who have never played that game, and they genuinely think this video means nothing. And, to be honest, there’s a reason Mahomes posted this video. We know he can be cryptic sometimes. This was a way for him to show everyone that he’s not kidding around. Week 1 seems so realistic at this point.