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Last year, Patrick Mahomes was benched after a knee injury in December left him unable to play the rest of the season. But when the Kansas City Chiefs played their first game of the 2026 season on Monday, their quarterback was back in action again, and his kiddos were cheering him on.
With the help of mom Brittany Mahomes, Sterling, Bronze, and Golden made the sweetest video to wish their dad luck before he got back out on the field, and it’s the cutest thing ever.
Patrick was able to play in the season opener.
His injury was really serious — a torn ACL and torn LCL aren’t easy to come back from, and Patrick managed to do it on an accelerated timeline. So it was a big deal that he was in playing condition by the time the Chiefs’ season opener rolled around. After months of surgery and rehab, he made it happen, and his biggest fans were cheering him on the whole way. Of course, his biggest fans also happen to be his smallest: his kids.
In a video shared by The Player’s Tribune on Instagram, Patrick’s children shared the cutest message for their dad on his big day back in action.
“Daddy, I love you. I’m so happy you get to play football,” a voice in the video that appears to belong to Sterling says.
A voice that sounds like it might belong to Bronze added, “Good job on all your rehab. We’re so happy you get to play football again. And we get to watch you.”
People are feeling super emotional about seeing the kids cheering their dad on.
The video ended with what sounds like each of his kids telling their dad they love him, and it was enough to get a few people misty-eyed.
In the comments, fans admitted that they were emotional after hearing the kids’ messages.
“Listen, once I can get this dust out of my eye, I’ll be ready to cheer on the Chiefs tonight!!!” one person commented.
Another wrote, “Omg this is the cutest & sweetest video!!! Their little voices.”
Patrick admitted that not being able to play with his kids while he was injured was tough.
While at training camp, Patrick said he had a hard time not being able to play with his kids the way that he was used to when he was freshly injured and still recovering from surgery.
“Honestly, the toughest part was at the beginning, not being able to get up and chase my kids around,” Patrick said at a press conference, via Heavy. “I know it sounds crazy, but being a dad and being active, I always want to be around my kids and playing and stuff like that. That was tough.”
He added, “But once I was able to do that, it kinda motivated me to keep getting better and better. So, when Bronze has a T-ball game, or Sterling is playing soccer, I can be out there with them.”
Congrats to Patrick for being back in the game. It must have felt so good to be on the field with the team again.
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