Andy Reid backs decision to trust Harrison Butker despite Chiefs kicker's struggles

Butker’s late miss helped give Denver an opportunity to complete its comeback and intensified questions about Kansas City’s kicker situation

Harrison Butker missed another crucial field goal in the Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs have a kicker problem. Harrison Butker missed yet another kick on Sunday, a 54-yarder that would have extended Kansas City's lead over the division rival Denver Broncos to six points but instead set up the game-winning touchdown drive by Denver. The Chiefs led by three points when they drove down to the Denver 30-yard line and faced third-and-2 from there. Patrick Mahomes dropped back to pass, but he was sacked for a six-yard loss, which turned what would have been a 48-yard field goal attempt into a 54-yarder, and Butker missed his kick wide to the right. The kick is no good and the Broncos will take over down 3 👀KCvsDEN on CBS/Paramount+Stream on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/VRZzs9NNwG It was the third significant miss in two weeks for Butker, whose job already appeared to be on thin ice after the Chiefs signed former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker to their practice squad earlier this week.

Tucker had been out of the league since 2024 after he was accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, as originally reported by The Baltimore Banner. After the game, Andy Reid defended the decision to send Butker out to try the deep field goal attempt. "Those are hindsight. It ended up being what