Patrick Mahomes is working his way back from serious knee ligament tears that limited him to a career-low 3,587 passing yards last season. Despite the injury-shortened 14-game campaign, his high-efficiency traits remained intact as he still engineered an overall QB2 in Fantasy Points Per Game.
Mahomes’ mobility will nonetheless be compromised this season, lowering his rushing ceiling. Expect his visual progress in seven-on-seven work to keep him on track to avoid the PUP list and retain his premium status in summer drafts. Mahomes is strangely both a best ball fade and a dynasty buy given this year’s inevitable limitations.
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Patrick Mahomes was spotted going through non-contact, opening OTA drills in a massive, robocop-style leg brace, and he told Chiefs media that he is working toward being cleared for full participation by time training camp. While Mahomes “races against the clock” for his age-31 season, the cold reality is that he’s recovering from catastrophic knee ligament tears that capped his 2025 campaign at a career-low 3,587 passing yards and a modest 22 passing touchdowns.
Bottom line: It is safe to expect that Mahomes will be back early in the season as he is already trending toward avoiding the PUP list, which is great news for Mahomes fantasy managers. If Mahomes isn’t cleared to suit up for the Week 1 opener, Andy Reid will gladly hand the keys to Justin Fields, a hyper-athletic Konami-code backup who offers fantasy upside.
The Kansas City Chiefs added a pocket passer at No. 249 in Garrett Nussmeier, who threw for 4,400 passing yards with a 31-to-9 TD-to-INT ratio. Nussmeier displayed 9.4 adjusted yards per attempt and a 68.2% completion percentage, at LSU where he was once considered a lock to go in the first round.
In dynasty Superflex formats, Nussmeier is the ultimate “stash and cash” taxi-squad priority, where he could start the season at QB2 behind Justin Fields if Patrick Mahomes is not ready to go to start the season September.
Mahomes is smashing ACL/LCL rehab timeline and could be ready for Week 1. The key indicator is whether he starts camp on the PUP list, which currently seems unlikely. Mahomes just needs to avoid the PUP list at camp, and his dynasty value returns to pre-injury levels.
Don’t overthink this one. Buy the dip now, because it always feels great to secure a cornerstone QB before the value window closes, especially in 2QB/superflex dynasty leagues.
This is quite the “insurance policy” for the Chiefs. Trading for Justin Fields on the same day free agency buzz is peaking really underscores how much the front office may be sweating Patrick Mahomes’ ACL/LCL recovery timeline.
Going from the Jets’ recent offensive struggles to Andy Reid’s system is essentially going from a tricycle to a Ferrari. In Superflex leagues, Fields just became a priority “handshake” pick if you’re the Mahomes owner, and if Mahomes isn’t ready by mid-September, Fields would be a Top-12 fantasy play purely on rushing volume.
Just one season after signing a two-year, $40 million contract that included $30 million in guaranteed money, reports state that Justin Fields and the New York Jets are likely to part ways. Fields will look to join his fourth team in four years.
This season with the Jets, Fields recorded 128 completions for 1259 yards and seven touchdowns while rushing 71 times for 383 yards and four touchdowns. He was placed on injured reserve in Week 17 after suffering a knee injury. It was a frustrating season for both Fields and the Jets, who finished with a 3-14 record and saw Fields benched mid-game in Week 7 and ultimately replaced by Tyrod Taylor in November. Fields will now look to find a new home, with newfound success like that of quarterbacks of the Jets past, Sam Darnold and Geno Smith.
Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)
