Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker called out amid Week 6 news.
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker.
The Kansas City Chiefs are on to Week 6, but the NFL world is still digesting the 2-3 start and the Week 5 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars — and kicker Harrison Butker is the latest KC starter to get called out for a glaring mistake.
“Harrison Butker hasn’t been a weapon for the Chiefs this season like we’ve seen in years past. He’s been an issue actually,” NFL insider James Palmer noted on X.
He then added that “the kick out of bounds was inexcusable for a kicker with his track record.”
On the final Jaguars touchdown drive in Week 5, Butker gave quarterback Trevor Lawrence and head coach Liam Coen a head start, handing them the ball at the 40-yard line with a kickoff that sailed out of bounds.
Lawrence then stormed down the field in short order, giving his team the lead with the botched snap scramble into the end zone.
Butker’s mistake aside, the defense was not good on the final Jacksonville possession. But that makes it easy to forget the kicking error.
Needless to say, the Chiefs need more from their three-time Super Bowl champion kicker and nine-year starter on special teams.