Patrick Mahomes Clears Injury Report, Locked In as QB1 for Week 3
Mahomes' knee no longer flags on the Week 3 report. He's got 556 yards and five scores through two games — start him everywhere.
556 yards and 5 TDs in two games with a clean bill of health — plug and play.
- 556 pass yards through two games
- 5 total TDs in first two games
- Available for third straight game
- Our QB9 heading into Week 3
- 304 PPR pts across 14 games in 2025
Patrick Mahomes will suit up for a third consecutive game to open the season, and the knee that had him listed earlier isn't a factor anymore. He's off the Week 3 injury report entirely, which is the cleanest possible signal fantasy managers could ask for from a quarterback this valuable.
The production backs up the optimism. Mahomes has already piled up 556 passing yards and five touchdowns across his first two outings — QB1 numbers by any measure. When the injury designation was hovering, it was worth watching. Now that it's gone, there's nothing to sweat.
This matters because Mahomes carries a rare floor. Even in a 2025 campaign where the raw passing totals dipped — 3,587 yards, 22 touchdowns and, remarkably, zero interceptions across 14 games — he still cleared 300 PPR points thanks to his legs. Add 422 rushing yards and five rushing scores, and you get a quarterback who finds fantasy value even on his quieter days.
The One Caveat
The only nuance worth flagging: his recent form. Over his last five games, Mahomes has averaged 6.3 fantasy points below his own season baseline. That's a dip, not a collapse — and with a full head of steam through two 2026 games, the arrow is pointing back up. A slightly soft stretch from an elite arm is still a start every week.
In our model he sits at overall #19 and #9 among quarterbacks heading into Week 3. That ranking already bakes in a workmanlike floor; the hot start suggests there's upside beyond it if the touchdown pace holds anywhere close to what we've seen.
Bottom line for fantasy managers: start Mahomes with total confidence in every format. There's no injury question to manage, no timeshare, no reason to reach for a streamer. He's a set-it-and-forget-it QB1, and the clean injury report just removes the last shred of doubt.
