Arrowhead Pride on Patrick Mahomes
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By the end of the play, Mahomes was on the ground, and my stomach had dropped, but he was ultimately fine. It speaks to the comfort Mahomes has in his knee, but he's also actively working to gain comfort in one of the most important aspects of playing the quarterback position, according to Reid. 'To play in a game, you have to have escapability,' Reid emphasized to reporters. 'Or you can't be in there; you can't play that position and be a target; you have to have some mobility back there. So he works on that. If it's not there down the field, he takes off and runs. Every time he does it, it builds a little bit more confidence in the leg.'
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Mahomes building confidence in knee through mobility drills; Reid emphasizes escapability work.
Mahomes is actively working on mobility and escapability during training camp as part of his knee recovery. During a full-team period, he broke contain on a blitz rolling right and attempted to make a play with his legs past the line of scrimmage, ultimately falling to the ground but remaining fine. Reid emphasized the importance of this work: "To play in a game, you have to have escapability. Or you can't be in there; you can't play that position and be a target; you have to have some mobility back there. So he works on that. If it's not there down the field, he takes off and runs. Every time he does it, it builds a little bit more confidence in the leg." The source notes this "speaks to the comfort Mahomes has in his knee."
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