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Kansas City Chiefs star QB Patrick Mahomes was back in action at OTAs and minicamp following offseason surgery to repair a turf toe injury.
For the most part, Mahomes did everything during the course of OTAs and mandatory minicamp without any sort of restriction. The caveat is that these practices aren’t quite as intensive, with less running and scrambling and more throwing. Still, the progress Mahomes has made a good sign for his availability and readiness as the Chiefs turn their attention to fully-padded practices at training camp next month.
“We were cautious with him, and he’ll do anything, so it was just a matter that we tried to be as smart as we possibly could with it,” Chiefs HC Andy Reid told reporters on Thursday. “And his communication was great. He kept it open with us and we checked with him to make sure and see how he was doing during practices. Not just the first day, but you want to check on the third day too to see how he’s doing. He made it through. I think this was good for him. Then, we’ll just see how he feels once we get up to camp, but he sure got a lot of work done here and he came out feeling pretty good.”
As Reid said, Mahomes came out on the other side of OTAs and mandatory minicamp feeling good. Mahomes doesn’t anticipate any problems with the toe moving forward, but they’re still going to proceed with caution. He wants to do everything possible to ensure that he’s ready to practice in full at training camp and that he’s ready to play in a game when the time comes.
“No, I don’t see any problems moving forward,” Mahomes said. “Obviously, I’m going to have to continue with the rehab, continue to work on those things, strengthen and do all that different type of stuff. I feel like I had a good OTA’s, a good minicamp. I was able to move around, scramble around and do the things that I needed to do.”
While Mahomes will spend some time off during the weeks leading up to training camp, he’ll also continue his offseason training in Texas. His long-time trainer, Bobby Stroupe, has collaborated with the Chiefs’ training staff to continue him on the path to recovery ahead of training camp.
“I’ll be training with my trainer Bobby Stroupe and he’s talked to Rick (Burkholder) and he’s talked to Julie (Frymyer) and really got a good game plan of how we’re going to continue the rehab,” Mahomes explained. “But at the same time, making sure that I’m physically ready to go whenever training camp goes and I have no limitations at all.”
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