When Patrick Mahomes walked off the field after Super Bowl LIX, he was confronting a rare failure on the sport’s biggest stage. Three turnovers. A 40–22 loss. A second Super Bowl defeat that seared deep down. “These will be the two losses that will motivate me to be even better the rest of my career,” Mahomes told reporters postgame. The Chiefs had been outplayed, and for once, Mahomes didn’t look like the answer. That doesn’t sit well with a quarterback wired like him.

Mahomes isn’t one to broadcast revenge. But Charles Omenihu did warn the league: “[Pat will be] on a revenge tour. Extreme focus. Taking even more control of the organization [next season].” And this offseason has been the perfect example of it. Just weeks after the Super Bowl, the Chiefs’ #15 was back under the bar, reshaping his body. Photos of a noticeably leaner, more sculpted Mahomes surfaced in March. The reaction? “That was his moment of reckoning,” one fan wrote, while adding, “The league is in trouble now.”

But he didn’t confine his offseason grind to the weight room. Mahomes held his annual throwing session in Texas with a retooled cast. Newly signed Gardner Minshew joined returning QBs Chris Oladokun and Bailey Zappe. Mahomes worked through reps with tight ends Jared Wiley and Noah Gray, plus receivers Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, Skyy Moore, and Justyn Ross.

Meanwhile, the session was equal parts rhythm-building and chemistry calibration, Mahomes’ way of re-establishing command: not just of the offense, but of the narrative. He’s not waiting for training camp to figure out timing. The session began on April 10 as Pat announced it via an Instagram reel in which he was throwing a dart at Robert Tonyan Jr.

However, a month later, it’s wraps. Producer Heather Smith, who documented the final Texas workout session, put it plainly: “Offseason wrap up.” She posted a carousel of pics from the Mahomes’ final workout session, setting the tone for preseason camp. And based on Mahomes’ history, that’s where things start to get dangerous.

Patrick Mahomes’ coach has a warning to the NFL

After wrapping up another intense offseason session with his quarterback in Texas, Bobby Stroupe didn’t exactly whisper his thoughts. Instead, he went on Instagram to blow the siren: “A pack of wildcats is called a destruction.” If you know Stroupe, you know he doesn’t speak in riddles. That post wasn’t about wildlife. It was about Mahomes..and what’s coming.

Stroupe’s been molding Mahomes since the quarterback was nine. Twenty years later, their work has less to do with bench presses and more to do with biomechanics, martial arts, and something Stroupe calls “movement literacy.” If that sounds abstract, think of it this way: while most guys are grinding out reps, Mahomes is doing javelin drills and gymnastics to prep for Sunday chaos. “There are some things that you would not think that an NFL quarterback would be doing,” Stroupe said, “but we’ve found Patrick responds really well to this system.”

So, what about the “dad bod” chatter that floats around Mahomes every offseason? Stroupe hears it. So does Mahomes. But they aren’t bothered. “I’ll be the first to tell you that I think an NFL quarterback should have at least 14% body fat,” Stroupe said. That’s not laziness—it’s leverage. Force absorption. Durability. Translation: If Mahomes takes a hit, he’s built to survive it. “We know there’s just not a lot of quarterbacks in the Hall of Fame that have a six-pack,” he added. There’s a science behind every layer.

Here’s the kicker: this approach is not for you to trip on his packs. Stroupe said it best: “I don’t need him to look like a model.” Because he isn’t one. He must be able to survive the gridiron battle, and that’s it. Shrugging off a free rusher, pirouetting left, and launching a 30-yard dime off one leg. That body is built for that.