Tom Brady displays on grueling restoration after ACL corresponding to Patrick Mahomes’

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The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs' decade-long run of playoff appearances got here to an abrupt finish this previous Sunday. The Chiefs got here up quick at Arrowhead Stadium in a important matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers.

The 16-13 loss dropped Kansas Metropolis's document to six–8 and mathematically eradicated final season's AFC champions from playoff rivalry. To make issues worse, star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a season-ending ACL injury when he scrambled to try to decide up some yards within the recreation’s last minutes.

Mahomes underwent a process in Dallas to restore the harm to his left ACL, the Chiefs confirmed on Monday. In response to a report by NFL Community, a physician additionally wanted to restore the torn LCL in Mahomes' knee. The Chiefs later stated Mahomes would "start his rehab course of instantly."

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) after the sport at Gillette Stadium on Dec. 8, 2019 in Foxborough, Mass. (Paul Rutherford/USA TODAY Sports activities)

In the course of the Week 16 version of NFL legend Tom Brady's "Let's Go!" podcast, the seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion mirrored on the grueling rehab course of he went by means of after his ninth season ended on account of an identical harm.

"It is a powerful rehab. It is one of many hardest rehabs. I simply keep in mind each day pushing myself," Brady stated. "And it is all the time the identical quantity of ache and discomfort, besides you are making progress by means of that ache and discomfort, which is a tough psychological factor to battle. You are feeling like, God, each day, it does not really feel proper. Besides you are gaining vary of movement and also you're gaining energy and you're on the highway to restoration. So I want him the perfect."

(L-R) Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes participate within the quarterback roundtable previous to Capital One's The Match VI - Brady & Rodgers v Allen & Mahomes at Wynn Golf Membership on June 01, 2022 in Las Vegas. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Photographs for The Match)

Brady then provided some recommendation about the place Mahomes ought to place his focus throughout the course of.

"The one factor you are able to do is deal with what's forward of you and never look again," he stated. "And simply say, OK, that is a part of what my profession goes to be. And lots of people have gone by means of it and lots of people have overcome it. You've got simply acquired to place as a lot diligence into the rehab course of. And I all the time really feel just like the sooner you rehab, the sooner you will get again to working towards the game that you recognize you like."

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Brady added: "I believe typically folks will tempo themselves. As an alternative of coaching mode, they're in rehab mode. I believe you gotta get by means of rehab mode as quick as doable and then you definitely get again to coaching mode. However that requires an all-out dedication and it is the identical dedication that the good skilled athletes make to be nice at their occupation. Once you undergo the rehab course of, you want that very same stage of focus and dedication."

After showing in only one recreation in 2008 on account of harm, Brady recovered and performed in each regular-season recreation in 2009. He went on to obtain NFL Comeback Participant of the Yr honors.

In a message posted to social media after sustaining the harm, Mahomes thanked followers and stated he would put his "Belief in God."

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes grabs his knee after being injured throughout the second half of an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (Reed Hoffmann/AP Photograph)

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"Do not know why this needed to occur," Mahomes wrote. "And never going to lie, it is hurts. However all we are able to do now could be Belief in God and assault each single day over and over. Thanks Chiefs kingdom for all the time supporting me and for everybody who has reached out and despatched prayers. I can be again stronger than ever."