Blair Kerkhoff

Joe that Patrick Mahomes will have recovered

you know, enough, not enough, but 100%.

It can't be just enough to play.

It's got to be, you know, full 100% confidence in it from Mahomes, from Reed, from Rick Burkhalter, the trainer.

They all have to be 100% confident in this knee, in the left knee, that he would end up being the week one starter.

Just because it's Mahomes and we have seen him do incredible things, unbelievable things.

I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being the guy against the Broncos that night.

I don't think the scheduling had anything to do with it.

It's fun for conspiracy theories.

The way the Chiefs ended up with, what, six or seven primetime games, chances are they were going to get one anyway on opening day.

But I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being Mahomes, which means game one for the preseason, which would be a home game, I think on August 14th,

I think Fields and Mahomes would end up taking snaps that day, possibly.

That's just a guess on my part.

But we haven't had a situation like this in Kansas City.

The only time Mahomes has ever lost time and didn't start because of an injury, we thought he was gone for a long time when his kneecap ended up on the other side of his knee.

And he missed two and a half games.

He missed the rest of that game, two games.

And then he came back.

It was great.

And what did he do?