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Mahomes may start on PUP list; Chiefs viewed as retool year, not contenders.

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The source expresses skepticism about Mahomes' recovery timeline and believes the Chiefs may start him on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list to protect him, viewing 2025 as a retool year for Kansas City rather than a Super Bowl contender year.

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I think there's a way where he starts on the pup. I think that they try to save him from himself and start him on the pup. Because, again, I do believe this is a retool year.
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The source expresses skepticism about Mahomes' recovery timeline and believes the Chiefs may start him on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list to protect him, viewing 2025 as a retool year for Kansas City rather than a Super Bowl contender year.
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STACKED tags this as a negative fantasy football signal for Patrick Mahomes (QB KC). Mahomes may start on PUP list; Chiefs viewed as retool year, not contenders.
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