Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes brought on a little bit little bit of panic in Kansas Metropolis again in April when he was noticed carrying a strolling boot on his foot. 

The strolling boot received lots of people questioning about his well being and whether or not his surgically repaired toe could be absolutely healed in time for the beginning of the 2021 season. It seems the reply to that query is sure and we all know that as a result of Mahomes gave up an replace on his toe throughout an interview with NFL Community on Thursday.  

“The toe’s feeling nice,” Mahomes mentioned.

Mahomes underwent surgical procedure again in February to repair a turf toe damage that he suffered through the divisional spherical of the playoffs. The Chiefs quarterback performed two-and-a half video games with the damage, which solely made issues worse. Mahomes wasn’t in a position to lastly get the toe operated on till three days after Kansas Metropolis’s Tremendous Bowl loss to Tampa Bay.  

5 months after the surgical procedure, Mahomes appears good to go. The quarterback is at present in Lake Tahoe, the place he is anticipated to compete within the American Century Movie star Championship this weekend.

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“I am out right here enjoying golf, having the ability to stroll across the course,” Mahomes mentioned. “I have been operating, reducing, leaping, throwing, doing all of it. So I am simply excited to get again to coaching camp and have one other likelihood to make a run at it and win the Tremendous Bowl this yr.”

The toe damage meant that Mahomes wasn’t in a position to take part in every of the practices that the Chiefs held this offseason, however regardless of that, the previous league and Tremendous Bowl MVP mentioned that this offseason has mainly been like each different offseason in his profession… with one small distinction. 

“It is completely different within the sense that you do not have the parades and all that completely different sort of stuff,” Mahomes mentioned “However I believe the gorgeous factor in regards to the NFL is each single yr, you begin from scratch. You must are available in, it’s a must to put within the work to attempt to get to the large sport and attempt to win it. And so for us, win or lose that Tremendous Bowl the final two years, we nonetheless have that very same mentality of we will begin from scratch and construct and attempt to discover a option to get again to that sport.”

If Mahomes is 100% wholesome, then the Chiefs are going to be the favourite within the AFC to achieve the Tremendous Bowl, and if that occurs, they’d grow to be simply the fourth group in NFL historical past to make it to the Tremendous Bowl in three straight seasons.