{"id":29978,"date":"2025-08-08T23:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29978"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:20:46","slug":"breaking-chiefs-patrick-mahomes-ready-to-play-some-good-football-in-preseason-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29978","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : \ud83d\udd25 Chiefs\u2019 Patrick Mahomes Ready to Light It Up in Preseason Opener \u2014 But What\u2019s His Game Plan? \ud83c\udfc8\ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_4:3\/MjY6MDAwMDAwMDAwNjA3OTMy\/chiefs-treating-patrick-mahomes-differently-after-super-bowl-loss-607932.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) walks down the hill to the practice fields during training camp at Missouri Western State University \" \/><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Preseason football is upon us, and for most\u00a0NFL\u00a0teams, that means rookies and players on the roster bubble get the majority of the snaps, with starters sitting \u2026 but not in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Head coach\u00a0Andy Reid stated\u00a0that the plan for the Chiefs\u2019 preseason opener against the\u00a0Arizona Cardinals\u00a0was to have\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0play the first quarter, something that we know has become the norm for his team.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">But putting Patrick in harm\u2019s way isn\u2019t ideal, given it is the first preseason; however, he has a different mindset when it comes to playing against the Cardinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u201cYeah, I mean, I don\u2019t necessarily look forward to getting hit,\u201d\u00a0Mahomes said. \u201cI always like getting hit once, but it\u2019s still a shock. Going up against Spags [Steve Spagunolo] is always tough, but it\u2019ll be a good defense that we\u2019re going up against, and they have a great scheme and a great coach. I\u2019m just excited to see where we\u2019re at. Go out there, see where we\u2019re at, get hopefully a couple series and get go out there and then play some good football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">The biggest thing Mahomes will be looking to get out of the first quarter is to run the offense, play clean and on time, and perhaps most importantly, don\u2019t get injured.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">We already saw with\u00a0Anthony Richardson\u00a0and the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts\u00a0the downside of playing, going down injured just minutes into the game against the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens, so Mahomes and Co. will want to avoid that.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Still, Reid believes there is some benefit to playing in the preseason, but no doubt Chiefs Kingdom will want No. 15 to stay out of harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : \ud83d\udd25 Chiefs\u2019 Patrick Mahomes Ready to Light It Up in Preseason Opener \u2014 But What\u2019s His Game Plan? 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