Patrick Mahomes: Ankle not 100% but should be by Chiefs camp

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes is throwing to Kansas City Chiefs receivers and running backs near his offseason home in Texas but said he's still rehabbing the high ankle sprain he dealt with throughout the playoffs.

«It's been more about just kind of managing it, getting the mobility back as best as I possibly can,» Mahomes said Monday as the Chiefs began their offseason program. «I wouldn't say I'm 100%.… It's just when you go through a grind of a week of training and you're trying to push it and go through the rehab process, but at the same time you want to make sure you're still building, you might be a little sore on the weekends. But I think we've done a great job of pushing it to the right limit to where now I'm throwing.

»There will still be a little bit of limitations going the next few weeks, but I'm going to be happy with where I'm at and we'll keep pushing it and getting me to the right spot before the beginning of the season."

Mahomes was injured during the Chiefs' divisional round playoff win over the Jacksonville Jaguars and played at something less than full strength during the rest of that game, the AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl LVII. He still played well enough in the conference championship game and the Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles to throw for a combined 508 yards and five touchdowns.

Mahomes was limited in the offseason two years ago after having toe surgery for an injury that plagued him in the Chiefs' Super Bowl LV loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team started the next season in 2021 at 3-4, by far its worst beginning to a season since Mahomes became the starting quarterback. Mahomes said he felt limited physically to begin that season because of the surgery.

No