Harrison Butker Met With Boos After Another Missed Field Goal

Harrison Butker’s nightmare season for the Kansas City Chiefs continued yesterday, missing a 51-yard field goal at the end of the first half. Even worse, he had two tries at it.

Butker has had a rough start to the season, going just 12-for-19 on field-goal attempts so far, including yesterday’s miss. Butker missed a 56-yarder before the 51-yard miss, and had another opportunity to right his problem when the New York Jets were caught offside.

As the kick drifted wide of the right upright after looking like it would hook back in for a minute, boos rained down at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs have been getting away with Butker’s performances so far, but it’s an alarming issue that is hard to ignore. The Chiefs won in blowout fashion against the Jets, 35-12, so the missed kick didn’t matter, and Butker made all five of his extra-point attempts.

Their loss last week to the Denver Broncos did see Butker miss a crucial kick, but they are still 6-2 and having a good season so far.

The problem is that Butker’s confidence is clearly an issue now, and the longtime Chiefs kicker isn’t being picked up by his own crowd. If the Chiefs had a 50-yard kick to win the Super Bowl tomorrow, many fans in Kansas City would be nervous and unconfident.

The question becomes whether the Chiefs stick with their man or decide the bad is only getting worse. They picked up long-time Baltimore Ravens kicker and NFL legend Justin Tucker as a potential option. Unfortunately, he struggled last season before the Ravens released him.

The Chiefs have enough offensive weapons to get away with the kicking woes as of now, but Butker, or a replacement, will need to be more solid as the competition gets tougher and the playoffs roll around.