Cairo Santos to IR

[Sure-Oz]

@Chiefs: We have placed K Cairo Santos on Injured Reserve.

We have signed K Harrison Butker from the Carolina Panthers’ Practice Squad. https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/912697024423845889/photo/1

[Hydrae]

Wonder what happened to the guy who kicked during preseason. He did a decent enough job I thought. :shrug:

Ficken?

[Frosty]

I wonder if the roughing hit aggravated the groin injury he had in the off-season?

[bricks]

**** that sucks. Even our kicker gets hurt.

[TLO]

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[redfan]

Well, dangit.

[Reerun_KC]

There goes setting up the kicker.


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[gblowfish]

Guess we'll just have to keep scoring TDs instead of settling for three..

[O.city]

Damn

They signed some kicker from the panthers practice squad

[Buehler445]

I figured he was dead after that hit. But he kicked another one after that his motion looked OK.

Sucks.

[DaFace]

Fuck. :(

[siberian khatru]

Hence my post in the game thread:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost.php?p=13101162&postcount=732

[The Franchise]

Butker?

[pugsnotdrugs19]

That's too bad. Hopefully the new guy is alright.

[TLO]

Anyone know anything about this Bukkake Butker guy?

[Frosty]

It would be really nice to get though a game without a major injury for once. :grr:

[RunKC]

The new guy was very shaky in college.

15/17-88% made his last year at Georgia Tech, but look at his first three years: 28/43 made-65%.

[Marcellus]

Butker?

Butker fucking moron!

[pugsnotdrugs19]

I wonder if the new guy has a big boot? Because I'd rather just sign an experienced veteran who is accurate unless Butker has 60+ in that leg.

Even then, I'd still probably rather the accurate veteran. Maybe they all have jobs though, I'd be surprised.

[Frosty]

Butker ****ing moron!

Butker Ficken moron

[kcchiefsus]

That Chargers piece of shit who hit him needs to be taken out the next time we play them.

[gblowfish]

If a kicker ruins our season again, I'm gonna flip out....

[RINGLEADER]

The Internets say Ficken is a FA.

[TLO]

What's Josh Lambo doing?

[Chiefspants]

This gives me shivers from 95.

[Marcellus]

Panthers really liked this kid and almost kept him over Gano to the point they had him on the final 53 for a while while trying trade one of them.

The Panthers have been gauging the trade interest in Gano and rookie kicker Harrison Butker for the past couple of weeks, and did so again Saturday before the deadline to trim rosters from 90 players to 53.

But that deadline came and went, and so there were Gano and Butker on Sunday, hanging out during practice with long snapper J.J. Jansen and punter Michael Palardy.

How much longer will the Panthers employ two kickers?

“That’s a hard question to answer. You see how it goes,” interim general manager Marty Hurney said. “Right now we feel like we’ve been able to do it. It could be a long time or a short time.”

Hurney said the situation with the kickers is a “fluid process,” which suggests he’s going to continue working the phones to see if any team is willing to give up something worthwhile for Gano or Butker.

In the meantime, there’s the matter of the Panthers’ Week 1 game at San Francisco.

Both Hurney and head coach Ron Rivera said if both kickers remain on the roster on Sept. 10, Gano would likely get the nod.

“I’m leaning toward the experienced guy,” Rivera said. “Graham really had a pretty good camp. I know we’d have loved to have seen him make that last one. But he’s had an outstanding camp.”

The last kick Rivera referenced was Gano’s 51-yard field goal attempt in last week’s exhibition finale vs. Pittsburgh. Gano banged it off the upright, just as he did a 50-yarder in the first exhibition against Houston and –more problematically – another 50-yarder in Denver last year that would have lifted the Panthers to a Week 1 win the Super Bowl rematch.

“I hit it well. It just hit the post,” Gano said of last week’s kick.

Andy Lee, who lost the punting competition to Palardy, called Gano’s caroms off the uprights unlucky.

“That’s what it is, it’s just unlucky,” Gano said. “I’ve just got to come out to practice and work and get better.”

While Gano went 3-for-5 on field goals during the preseason, Butker was 2-for-2 with a long of 51 yards. Butker, the seventh-round pick and the first kicker ever drafted by the Panthers, politely declined comment when leaving practice Sunday.

But Rivera said if the Panthers ultimately choose Gano over Butker, he thinks keeping Butker on the practice squad would be a good option – assuming he clears waivers. The Panthers have an extra practice-squad spot this year because defensive end Efe Obada, part of the NFL’s international development program, does not count against the 10-player limit.

Rivera, a former Philadelphia assistant, recalled how former Eagles coach Andy Reid kept kicker David Akers on the practice squad in the late 1990s when Chris Boniol was the team’s starting kicker.

“And David turned out to be a tremendous kicker in this league for a long, long time,” Rivera said. “So it’s not like I haven’t been around it. It’s something you’ve got to look at.”

Gano said the situation has not led to any awkwardness between him and Butker, whom Gano called “a good kid.”

Nor has Gano approached Rivera or Hurney to ask for any updates on the trade talks.

“As long as I’m here, I’m going to be here. Coach Rivera always says be where your feet are and that’s what I’m going to do,” he said. “I’m going to keep preparing like I’m playing this week. And as far as I know, I am.”

[suzzer99]

What's min time on IR?

[Frosty]

Panthers really liked this kid and almost kept him over Gano to the point they had him on the final 53 for a while while trying trade one of them.

That's interesting. Unfortunately, the Panthers FO is terrible so I don't know if this is good or not. :shrug:

[TinyEvel]

Damn.

Get well, pocket Jesus. Hope to see you back with full ability.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Fuck

[staylor26]

JFC can we go one game this season without losing a starter for an extended period of time?

[TwistedChief]

In the preseason it looks like he hit both of his FG attempts from 46 and 51yds. 60% touchback percentage on 5 attempts. He hit 102 consecutive extra pts to end his college career. You can see what they saw in him.

[Rain Man]

What happened to that Fokker guy we had in camp? I thought he was looking good.

May the Jesus of Rio heal Santos quickly.

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[Bewbies]

Can Spiller kick?

[hometeam]

What's min time on IR?

6 weeks i think

[Simply Red]

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[O.city]

Well you've got a got on a cheap ass rookie deal for 4 years now if he's good

So that's nice

[Fish]

Yeah what happened to that other mother Ficken kicker?

[Simply Red]

Yeah what happened to that other mother Ficken kicker?

Waived 09-02

[Frazod]

Well, he's got to be thrilled. To go from somebody's practice squad to of the top teams in the league? Hope he makes the most of it.

[RealSNR]

Why is it so many kickers have funny last names?

Succop. Butker. Ficken.

[Rain Man]

Can Spiller kick?

I think they signed him this morning to try, but then cut him.

[Chiefnj2]

With an unreliable kicker Smith is going to have to up his downfield passes from 86% to 80%.

[KC Hawks]

Harry Butt

[Rain Man]

Why is it so many kickers have funny last names?

Succop. Butker. Ficken.

Kickers don't play by the same rules that you and I do.

[KCrockaholic]

This new guy isn't a midget I see. No offence to midgets. Santos is good.

[Hoover]

Panthers Fans are pissed

https://www.catscratchreader.com/2017/9/26/16368100/nfl-roster-moves-carolina-panthers-lose-k-harrison-butker-to-kansas-city-chiefs (https://www.catscratchreader.com/2017/9/26/16368100/nfl-roster-moves-carolina-panthers-lose-k-harrison-butker-to-kansas-city-chiefs)

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m so glad the Panthers decided to hold two roster spots for kickers so the Chiefs could take advantage of it when they needed to replace an injured player. I think it’s good that Marty Hurney is being such a charitable GM by sharing his roster spots with other teams. Sharing is caring, after all.

The Panthers are now without their backup plan if Graham Gano regresses to the mean, which we can almost guarantee will happen now because that’s what always seems to happen to the Carolina Panthers. I mean, why should we have nice things anyway?

Such is life, I suppose.

[Direckshun]

Santos kicked multiple placekicks on Sunday with a screwed up leg?

Plus a kickoff that went into the endzone?

That is BOSS.

[Dave Lane]

If a kicker ruins our season again, I'm gonna flip out....

I'm going to laugh. Because Chiefs

[Hoover]

Apparently this guy was made the Panthers original 53 man roster as they were concered that the Eagles would take him. Eagels instead signed Elliot away from the Bengals practice squad, who nailed a 61 yard game winner this weekend.

I like Cairo, but I hate spending real money on kickers. I hope this kid works out.

[RunKC]

I didn't realize this, but Santos has the best converted FG% in franchise history at 84.8%. He's almost 2% better than the second best on the list, Mortwn Anderson.

[Halfcan]

Santos kicked multiple placekicks on Sunday with a screwed up leg?

Plus a kickoff that went into the endzone?

That is BOSS.

Santos has not been healthy since the day in training camp they had him kick 26 straight field goals. Unless those camp reports were wrong? Why would they overwork him like that?

Now we are going into a huge Monday night game with an unproven kicker. :rolleyes:

[notorious]

wbf

[Hoover]

Fear not!

Apparently Rookies fare well in KC!

[MMXcalibur]

Goddamnit, now I have to change my signature

[dls6501]

This could be a huge loss for our team.

[BlackHelicopters]

I blame North Korea.

[thabear04]

Fear not!

Apparently Rookies fare well in KC!

Not Justin Medlock.

[Red Dawg]

Our poor little midget. Bring back Ficken.

[Red Dawg]

This could be a huge loss for our team.

He isn't very tall so not huge loss.

[stevieray]

This could be a huge loss for our team.

yup

[Red Dawg]

Santos has not been healthy since the day in training camp they had him kick 26 straight field goals. Unless those camp reports were wrong? Why would they overwork him like that?

Now we are going into a huge Monday night game with an unproven kicker. :rolleyes:

Over work the kicker? Lol. I guess we could ask Alex to throw tds and not settle for fgs. Just give the ball to sledge hammer legs and let's roll!

[Frosty]

Fear not!

Apparently Rookies fare well in KC!

A rookie kicker on a new team getting his first real NFL game on MNF.

What could possibly go wrong?

[suzzer99]

I didn't realize this, but Santos has the best converted FG% in franchise history at 84.8%. He's almost 2% better than the second best on the list, Mortwn Anderson.

Yeah but he still makes me nervous as hell on super high-leverage 35-40 yarders and XPs. See Denver game last year. That was a millimeter away from tragedy.

[11Chiefs]

So the rookie is going from practice squad to MNF... welcome to the big league.

[Bwana]

:shake:

[Simply Red]

wbf

yes we will!

[HemiEd]

Well that sucks monkey balls.

[redfan]

wbf
yes we will!

Indeed, we will.

[Strongside]

While losing Santos definitely sucks ass, I'm pretty excited to see what this kid can do. He's the all-time leading scorer at Georgia Tech, and that's pretty damn impressive considering some of the talent that's gone through that school over the years (most recently Megatron and Demaryius Thomas). If he can be consistent and use his natural leg talent, he can be a solid replacement.

[Hoover]

A rookie kicker on a new team getting his first real NFL game on MNF.

What could possibly go wrong?
Dave Toub is going to call a fake 50 yard field goal and this kids is going to run it in for a TD extending our streak of games with a 50+ yard play.

Believe!

[penbrook]

Santos is like 4th best all time within his first 3 years for FG %

[JakeF]

JFC can we go one game this season without losing a starter for an extended period of time?This is getting old really fast.

[KChiefs1]

One of those years.

Because Chiefs.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

That Chargers piece of shit who hit him needs to be taken out the next time we play them.

You mean like take him out for dinner and a movie ?

[KChiefs1]

Butker?



Buttkicker

[KChiefs1]

Apparently this guy was made the Panthers original 53 man roster as they were concered that the Eagles would take him. Eagels instead signed Elliot away from the Bengals practice squad, who nailed a 61 yard game winner this weekend.

I like Cairo, but I hate spending real money on kickers. I hope this kid works out.



Panthers loved him.

[Hammock Parties]

Oh. That's going to throw a monkey wrench in this season.

You can't be missing field goals with ASS11 as your QB.

[Red Dawg]

Oh. That's going to throw a monkey wrench in this season.

You can't be missing field goals with ASS11 as your QB.

Bada bing!

I have to agree but he's had some big moments this season so far.

[DaneMcCloud]

While it sucks that Santos was injured, it's possible that there's a silver lining to his injury.

If Butker becomes a good to great kicker, he'll be much cheaper than Santos in 2018.

[Hammock Parties]

This could be disastrous if this guy isn't good.

If you remove three made kicks (SDG, CAR, DEN) from the Chiefs 2016 season, they're 9-7.

[penbrook]

This could be disastrous if this guy isn't good.

If you remove three made kicks (SDG, CAR, DEN) from the Chiefs 2016 season, they're 9-7.

Santos has like the fourth best FG % through his first 3 seasons

[InvinciBill]

This could be disastrous if this guy isn't good.

If you remove three made kicks (SDG, CAR, DEN) from the Chiefs 2016 season, they're 9-7.

9-6-1

[Hammock Parties]

9-6-1

If Santos misses the first kick in OT, the Broncos win.

[bdj23]

I didn't realize this, but Santos has the best converted FG% in franchise history at 84.8%. He's almost 2% better than the second best on the list, Mortwn Anderson.

Bring Morton Anderson in for a look?

[staylor26]

Butker kicked 2 FG's in the preseason (51, and 46 yards) and made both.

If Toub signed off on him, we'll be alright.

[Ming the Merciless]

that sucks! poor wil fella

[TEX]

Not good. :shake:

[Chief Pagan]

Can Spiller kick?

I think we should see if this guy can also placekick...


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[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

This will be interesting...

[MahiMike]

that sucks! poor wil fella

Budders!

[loochy]

Bring Morton Anderson in for a look?

F that

Give me some Stoyanovich
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[redfan]

Makes his 1rst start on MNF? Because Chuefs. At least it's @Arrowhead.
Time to kick some butt.

[Tribal Warfare]

Looks like we may have to hold off to order Mahomes #15 jerseys if #5 will be available next season

[Rain Man]

Butker?

Buttkicker

You're one tick off.

[Hammock Parties]

Buttlicker

Buticker

Butker

this is either a good omen or a bad omen

we might end up lexiconing this dude into Hairy Buttlicker.

[penbrook]

Damn! Santos was the best kicker in Chiefs history in terms of Fg%

[Chiefshrink]

Apparently this guy was made the Panthers original 53 man roster as they were concered that the Eagles would take him. Eagels instead signed Elliot away from the Bengals practice squad, who nailed a 61 yard game winner this weekend.

I like Cairo, but I hate spending real money on kickers. I hope this kid works out.

I'm all for a new kicker. Cairo has always made me nervous and that "doink FG" against the mules last year was it for me with him. Move on I say and to your point we get someone on the cheap if he pans out.

[penbrook]

I'm all for a new kicker. Cairo has always made me nervous and that "doink FG" against the mules last year was it for me with him. Move on I say and to your point we get someone on the cheap if he pans out.

Yea let’s just get rid of the most accurate kicker in Chiefs History. GTFO

[Hammock Parties]

I'm all for a new kicker. Cairo has always made me nervous and that "doink FG" against the mules last year was it for me with him. Move on I say and to your point we get someone on the cheap if he pans out.

Damn! Santos was the best kicker in Chiefs history in terms of Fg%


Chiefs fans...ardently defend the most mediocre QB professional football has ever created, but want to dump the most accurate kicker in Chiefs history because he makes them "nervous."

Mind you this is AFTER experiencing a gut-wrenching playoff loss 20 years ago in which not having a total shit kicker would have enabled a mediocre QB to advance to the first AFC Championship at Arrowhead in team history.

But I digress...

I can't WAIT for this place to come down on Buttlicker with a tidal wave of fury after he misses a single kick in a 17-16 loss. THAT GODDAMN KICKER!!!!

[Chiefshrink]

This could be disastrous if this guy isn't good.

If you remove three made kicks (SDG, CAR, DEN) from the Chiefs 2016 season, they're 9-7.

You could say that for the majority of teams every year.

[penbrook]

Chiefs fans...ardently defend the most mediocre QB professional football has ever created, but want to dump the most accurate kicker in Chiefs history because he makes them "nervous."

Mind you this is AFTER experiencing a gut-wrenching playoff loss 20 years ago in which not having a total shit kicker would have enabled a mediocre QB to advance to the first AFC Championship at Arrowhead in team history.

But I digress...

I can't WAIT for this place to come down on Buttlicker with a tidal wave of fury after he misses a single kick in a 17-16 loss. THAT GODDAMN KICKER!!!!

I never said I wanted to get rid of Cairo “ Most accurate kicker in Chiefs history” Santos

[Reerun_KC]

F that



Give me some Stoyanovich
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[Hammock Parties]

I never said I wanted to get rid of Cairo “ Most accurate kicker in Chiefs history” Santos

I know. I was just quoting you.

[Reerun_KC]

Chiefs fans...ardently defend the most mediocre QB professional football has ever created, but want to dump the most accurate kicker in Chiefs history because he makes them "nervous."

Mind you this is AFTER experiencing a gut-wrenching playoff loss 20 years ago in which not having a total shit kicker would have enabled a mediocre QB to advance to the first AFC Championship at Arrowhead in team history.

But I digress...

I can't WAIT for this place to come down on Buttlicker with a tidal wave of fury after he misses a single kick in a 17-16 loss. THAT GODDAMN KICKER!!!!



^ Truth


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[penbrook]

I know. I was just quoting you.

For once I actually agree with you in not getting rid of Santos.

[NJChiefsFan]

Santos is like 4th best all time within his first 3 years for FG %

Santos has like the fourth best FG % through his first 3 seasons

Damn! Santos was the best kicker in Chiefs history in terms of Fg%

Yea let’s just get rid of the most accurate kicker in Chiefs History. GTFO

I never said I wanted to get rid of Cairo “ Most accurate kicker in Chiefs history” Santos

Thanks for the fifth post. I almost missed the stat the first 4 times.

[Discuss Thrower]

Chiefs fans...ardently defend the most mediocre QB professional football has ever created, but want to dump the most accurate kicker in Chiefs history because he makes them "nervous."

Mind you this is AFTER experiencing a gut-wrenching playoff loss 20 years ago in which not having a total shit kicker would have enabled a mediocre QB to advance to the first AFC Championship at Arrowhead in team history.

But I digress...

I can't WAIT for this place to come down on Buttlicker with a tidal wave of fury after he misses a single kick in a 17-16 loss. THAT GODDAMN KICKER!!!!

Doesn't matter who is back taking kicks, if there's a miss in a game with low scoring, that kicker and the defense will split blame for the loss while the offense gets a pass.

[PutQuinnIn]

Where is Nate Kaeding?

[MahiMike]

This could be a really big deal. I get premonitions on this stuff. Hoping my signals are off this time.

[KChiefs1]

Buttlicker

Buticker

Butker

this is either a good omen or a bad omen

we might end up lexiconing this dude into Hairy Buttlicker.



If you hate him then get his bust ready for Canton.

[displacedinMN]

Where is Nate Kaeding?

Office job somewhere.
I was hoping for another Iowa kicker-Marshall Koehn.

[TRR]

Would have rather went with a veteran like Novak, Nugent, or Lambo. But you gotta trust in Dave Toub.

[RealSNR]

Would have rather went with a veteran like Novak, Nugent, or Lambo. But you gotta trust in Dave Toub.

This. Toub is a goddamn special teams whisperer

[Groves]

Damn! Santos was the best kicker in Chiefs history in terms of Fg%



He’s George Costanza leaving on a high note.

[KChiefs1]

Buttkicker's bio:

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/harrison-butker?id=2558245

2017 Draft Prospects

Grade
4.9
Harrison Butker (K)
HT: 6'4" WT: 199LBS.
POSITION: K
SCHOOL: Georgia Tech
ARM LENGTH: 31 3/4"
HANDS: 8 3/4"


Overview

Georgia Tech's all-time leading scorer finished his collegiate career on a strong note, making four field goals in the TaxSlayer Bowl victory over Kentucky. Butker was a third-team All-ACC pick by league media in 2016, connecting on 17-of-18 field goal attempts (long of 52 yards), making all 46 extra point tries and forcing 54 touchbacks on 73 kickoffs. He grew up as a Tech fan in Decatur but was a soccer player until his sophomore year of high school (his school won three state titles in that sport his final three years there). Butker excelled early for the Yellow Jackets, taking over the kicker role as a true freshman in 2013 (10-14 FG; 53-54 XP; 30 TB-73 KO). He scored 98 points as a sophomore (11-18 FG; 65-66 XP) but dropped to 65 the next season (7-11 FG, 44-44 XP; 41 TB-61 KO) as his team didn't score as often.

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Panthers still trying to solve their two-headed kicking conundrum

As one of the Carolina Panthers’ two kickers approached a group of reporters following Sunday’s practice, a little smile came across Graham Gano’s face.

The eight-year veteran knew what was coming.

The fact that the Panthers ended up with two kickers on the 53-man roster, is it kind of weird?

“That’s the NFL,” Gano said. “Yeah, not weird.”

But it’s certainly unusual.

Gano, the Panthers’ kicker since midway through the 2012 season, said he’s never been in this situation.

“No, I’ve never been on the 53 with two kickers. But I’m excited to be here,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, I’m going to be here this week. That’s how I’m preparing for the job. I feel like I’m hitting the ball great and just excited to be here.”

The Panthers have been gauging the trade interest in Gano and rookie kicker Harrison Butker for the past couple of weeks, and did so again Saturday before the deadline to trim rosters from 90 players to 53.

But that deadline came and went, and so there were Gano and Butker on Sunday, hanging out during practice with long snapper J.J. Jansen and punter Michael Palardy.

How much longer will the Panthers employ two kickers?

“That’s a hard question to answer. You see how it goes,” interim general manager Marty Hurney said. “Right now we feel like we’ve been able to do it. It could be a long time or a short time.”

Hurney said the situation with the kickers is a “fluid process,” which suggests he’s going to continue working the phones to see if any team is willing to give up something worthwhile for Gano or Butker.

In the meantime, there’s the matter of the Panthers’ Week 1 game at San Francisco.

Both Hurney and head coach Ron Rivera said if both kickers remain on the roster on Sept. 10, Gano would likely get the nod.

“I’m leaning toward the experienced guy,” Rivera said. “Graham really had a pretty good camp. I know we’d have loved to have seen him make that last one. But he’s had an outstanding camp.”

The last kick Rivera referenced was Gano’s 51-yard field goal attempt in last week’s exhibition finale vs. Pittsburgh. Gano banged it off the upright, just as he did a 50-yarder in the first exhibition against Houston and –more problematically – another 50-yarder in Denver last year that would have lifted the Panthers to a Week 1 win the Super Bowl rematch.

“I hit it well. It just hit the post,” Gano said of last week’s kick.

Andy Lee, who lost the punting competition to Palardy, called Gano’s caroms off the uprights unlucky.

“That’s what it is, it’s just unlucky,” Gano said. “I’ve just got to come out to practice and work and get better.”

While Gano went 3-for-5 on field goals during the preseason, Butker was 2-for-2 with a long of 51 yards. Butker, the seventh-round pick and the first kicker ever drafted by the Panthers, politely declined comment when leaving practice Sunday.

But Rivera said if the Panthers ultimately choose Gano over Butker, he thinks keeping Butker on the practice squad would be a good option – assuming he clears waivers. The Panthers have an extra practice-squad spot this year because defensive end Efe Obada, part of the NFL’s international development program, does not count against the 10-player limit.

Rivera, a former Philadelphia assistant, recalled how former Eagles coach Andy Reid kept kicker David Akers on the practice squad in the late 1990s when Chris Boniol was the team’s starting kicker.

“And David turned out to be a tremendous kicker in this league for a long, long time,” Rivera said. “So it’s not like I haven’t been around it. It’s something you’ve got to look at.”

Gano said the situation has not led to any awkwardness between him and Butker, whom Gano called “a good kid.”

Nor has Gano approached Rivera or Hurney to ask for any updates on the trade talks.

“As long as I’m here, I’m going to be here. Coach Rivera always says be where your feet are and that’s what I’m going to do,” he said. “I’m going to keep preparing like I’m playing this week. And as far as I know, I am.”

[rockymtnchief]

Buttlicker

Buticker

Butker

this is either a good omen or a bad omen

we might end up lexiconing this dude into Hairy Buttlicker.

It's still a better name than Denvers holder/kicker duo of Dixon MyAnus.

[KChiefs1]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article148621204.html

Panthers’ rookie kicker went from club soccer and high school band to the NFL

Instead of listening to the president of Panama address Georgia Tech graduates Saturday morning, new Panthers kicker Harrison Butker will be getting tips from special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey to help his post-college transition.

Butker, a seventh-round pick and the first drafted kicker in franchise history, is skipping Georgia Tech’s commencement exercises to attend the Panthers’ rookie minicamp this week.

The two-day minicamp is scheduled to wrap up early Saturday afternoon not long after Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela imparts a few pearls of wisdom to the Tech grads.

Butker insists there’s nowhere he’d rather be.

“I’d love to be there and be able to walk and get that picture taken where I get the fake diploma and shaking the (university) president’s hand. But I guess I’ll just have to take those pictures some other time,” Butker said this week in a phone interview.

butker_harrison (mer-dk)
At Georgia Tech last season, Carolina Panthers rookie kicker Harrison Butker made all 46 extra points and 15 of 17 field goals for an .882 percentage that led the ACC and ranked 13th nationally

Danny Karnik

“My focus is on football now,” he added. “So whatever’s asked of me, I’m going to be there for it. I’m not going to miss it for anything.”

Butker didn’t miss much of anything during his final season with the Yellow Jackets, connecting on all 46 extra points and 15 of 17 field goals for an .882 percentage that led the ACC and ranked 13th nationally.

That accuracy – combined with Butker’s booming kickoffs – were enough to convince the Panthers to use a draft pick on a kicker for the first time in 23 years.

Butker, the last of three kickers drafted last weekend, was brought in to compete with veteran Graham Gano, who’s coming off his worst season as a Panther.

McGaughey went to Atlanta before the draft to work out Butker, a former soccer/basketball/tuba player (more on that in a second) who felt a connection to the Panthers’ special teams coach.

“I love that he’s a young guy. He was great to get along with. He just told me, ‘Hey, we’re looking for some competition,’” Butker recalled. “That’s all any special teams coach can really ask for is competition. That makes whoever’s there better. ...

“I’m just going in there knowing there’s going to be competition. Graham Gano’s a great kicker and I’m looking forward to going out there and doing my best and hopefully learning some things from him.”

An athletic ‘nerd’

Butker grew up in the Atlanta area excelling in basketball and soccer, the sport his father played at Berry College, a Division III school in Georgia. Butker says he gets his athletic ability from his dad – “My mom’s going to kill me if she reads that” – while his mother wanted to make sure her two children were well-rounded.

Elizabeth Butker played clarinet at Westminster, a small private school in Atlanta, and encouraged her kids to do the same. Charlotte, Butker’s older sister, played three sports and the French horn at Westminster, while Harrison picked up the tuba in sixth grade.

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Former Georgia Tech kicker Harrison Butker was drafted in the seventh round last week by the Carolina Panthers.

Danny Karnik

Butker was the second tuba in the school band, while the first tuba chair was held by Jeff Oser, who happened to be the soon-to-be graduating kicker for the football team.

The football coaches asked Oser to help find a replacement, and he told them he knew of another tuba player who had a strong leg.

“I knew Harrison was athletic. He played basketball and made the varsity soccer team,” said Oser, in his first year at Tulane med school. “It came up one day during tuba practice. We both were kind of nerds, we cared about playing the tuba well.”

It turned out Butker also did kicking well. He was a part of three state championship soccer teams at Westminster, while setting school records with a 53-yard field goal and most field goals in a season (16-of-17 as a junior, with his only miss from 59 yards).

Butker, 6-foot-4 and 199 pounds, heard from a few Division III schools that wanted him to play basketball, and he believes he could’ve played college soccer had he stayed on his club team.

“But I loved the football atmosphere. I loved the football environment,” he said. “And when I knew I had an opportunity to get a scholarship to go play at a big, Division I program, that’s when I dropped the club soccer.”

Ready to work, compete

Butker stayed close to home by signing with Tech, where he started all four years while maintaining a 3.2 grade-point average in industrial engineering.

After making only 65.1 percent of his field goals over his first three seasons, Butker was nearly perfect as a senior. He closed his college career with a bang, going 4-for-4 on field goals (including a 52-yarder) in something called the TaxSlayer Bowl to make the AP all-bowl team and finish as Tech’s career scoring leader.

While other students in his major were lining up internships and interviews with Accenture and other consulting firms, Butker was preparing for different types of interviews at the combine. (One team asked Butker if he viewed himself more like a cat or a dog, he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.)

Butker ranks third in Yellow Jackets’ history with a career field goal percentage of .717. But the Panthers were equally impressed with his kickoffs: His .740 touchback percentage was sixth-best among FBS kickers.

“He’s got a big leg, very good kickoff guy,” Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman said. “He’s kicked game-tying and game-winning field goals. ... He’s only missed two extra points in his career. Georgia Tech scores a ton of touchdowns down there. We’re real pleased to get him.”

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Former Georgia Tech kicker Harrison Butker attempts a field goal last season at Pittsburgh. Butker was drafted last week by the Carolina Panthers. The NFL team used a draft pick on a kicker for the first time in 23 years.

Jeffrey Gamza Jeffrey Gamza/Pitt Athletics

Butker is pleased to be in Charlotte, even if it means missing graduation. The former tuba player will try to hit a couple of high notes this weekend before the competition with Gano begins in earnest this summer in Spartanburg.

“I’m ready to work. I’ve never been this motivated for probably anything in my life,” he said. “The idea that football can be my profession now and I can focus on that and give everything I have to football, I’m really excited.”

So is Oser, the med student who took a break from finals prep Thursday to marvel at how Butker went from second tuba in a high school band to the seventh-round pick of an NFL team.

“I figured he would go places. I knew he was going to be good. I didn’t know he was going to be NFL good,” Oser said.

“I know it’s the first time the Panthers have ever drafted a kicker,” Oser added. “I hope he’s worth it. I hope he has a great, long career in the NFL.”

[lcarus]

Morten Andersen is 57 lol.

I bet he's still money from 40 or in.

[MahiMike]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article148621204.html

Panthers’ rookie kicker went from club soccer and high school band to the NFL

Instead of listening to the president of Panama address Georgia Tech graduates Saturday morning, new Panthers kicker Harrison Butker will be getting tips from special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey to help his post-college transition.

Butker, a seventh-round pick and the first drafted kicker in franchise history, is skipping Georgia Tech’s commencement exercises to attend the Panthers’ rookie minicamp this week.

The two-day minicamp is scheduled to wrap up early Saturday afternoon not long after Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela imparts a few pearls of wisdom to the Tech grads.

Butker insists there’s nowhere he’d rather be.

“I’d love to be there and be able to walk and get that picture taken where I get the fake diploma and shaking the (university) president’s hand. But I guess I’ll just have to take those pictures some other time,” Butker said this week in a phone interview.

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At Georgia Tech last season, Carolina Panthers rookie kicker Harrison Butker made all 46 extra points and 15 of 17 field goals for an .882 percentage that led the ACC and ranked 13th nationally

Danny Karnik

“My focus is on football now,” he added. “So whatever’s asked of me, I’m going to be there for it. I’m not going to miss it for anything.”

Butker didn’t miss much of anything during his final season with the Yellow Jackets, connecting on all 46 extra points and 15 of 17 field goals for an .882 percentage that led the ACC and ranked 13th nationally.

That accuracy – combined with Butker’s booming kickoffs – were enough to convince the Panthers to use a draft pick on a kicker for the first time in 23 years.

Butker, the last of three kickers drafted last weekend, was brought in to compete with veteran Graham Gano, who’s coming off his worst season as a Panther.

McGaughey went to Atlanta before the draft to work out Butker, a former soccer/basketball/tuba player (more on that in a second) who felt a connection to the Panthers’ special teams coach.

“I love that he’s a young guy. He was great to get along with. He just told me, ‘Hey, we’re looking for some competition,’” Butker recalled. “That’s all any special teams coach can really ask for is competition. That makes whoever’s there better. ...

“I’m just going in there knowing there’s going to be competition. Graham Gano’s a great kicker and I’m looking forward to going out there and doing my best and hopefully learning some things from him.”

An athletic ‘nerd’

Butker grew up in the Atlanta area excelling in basketball and soccer, the sport his father played at Berry College, a Division III school in Georgia. Butker says he gets his athletic ability from his dad – “My mom’s going to kill me if she reads that” – while his mother wanted to make sure her two children were well-rounded.

Elizabeth Butker played clarinet at Westminster, a small private school in Atlanta, and encouraged her kids to do the same. Charlotte, Butker’s older sister, played three sports and the French horn at Westminster, while Harrison picked up the tuba in sixth grade.

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Former Georgia Tech kicker Harrison Butker was drafted in the seventh round last week by the Carolina Panthers.

Danny Karnik

Butker was the second tuba in the school band, while the first tuba chair was held by Jeff Oser, who happened to be the soon-to-be graduating kicker for the football team.

The football coaches asked Oser to help find a replacement, and he told them he knew of another tuba player who had a strong leg.

“I knew Harrison was athletic. He played basketball and made the varsity soccer team,” said Oser, in his first year at Tulane med school. “It came up one day during tuba practice. We both were kind of nerds, we cared about playing the tuba well.”

It turned out Butker also did kicking well. He was a part of three state championship soccer teams at Westminster, while setting school records with a 53-yard field goal and most field goals in a season (16-of-17 as a junior, with his only miss from 59 yards).

Butker, 6-foot-4 and 199 pounds, heard from a few Division III schools that wanted him to play basketball, and he believes he could’ve played college soccer had he stayed on his club team.

“But I loved the football atmosphere. I loved the football environment,” he said. “And when I knew I had an opportunity to get a scholarship to go play at a big, Division I program, that’s when I dropped the club soccer.”

Ready to work, compete

Butker stayed close to home by signing with Tech, where he started all four years while maintaining a 3.2 grade-point average in industrial engineering.

After making only 65.1 percent of his field goals over his first three seasons, Butker was nearly perfect as a senior. He closed his college career with a bang, going 4-for-4 on field goals (including a 52-yarder) in something called the TaxSlayer Bowl to make the AP all-bowl team and finish as Tech’s career scoring leader.

While other students in his major were lining up internships and interviews with Accenture and other consulting firms, Butker was preparing for different types of interviews at the combine. (One team asked Butker if he viewed himself more like a cat or a dog, he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.)

Butker ranks third in Yellow Jackets’ history with a career field goal percentage of .717. But the Panthers were equally impressed with his kickoffs: His .740 touchback percentage was sixth-best among FBS kickers.

“He’s got a big leg, very good kickoff guy,” Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman said. “He’s kicked game-tying and game-winning field goals. ... He’s only missed two extra points in his career. Georgia Tech scores a ton of touchdowns down there. We’re real pleased to get him.”

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Former Georgia Tech kicker Harrison Butker attempts a field goal last season at Pittsburgh. Butker was drafted last week by the Carolina Panthers. The NFL team used a draft pick on a kicker for the first time in 23 years.

Jeffrey Gamza Jeffrey Gamza/Pitt Athletics

Butker is pleased to be in Charlotte, even if it means missing graduation. The former tuba player will try to hit a couple of high notes this weekend before the competition with Gano begins in earnest this summer in Spartanburg.

“I’m ready to work. I’ve never been this motivated for probably anything in my life,” he said. “The idea that football can be my profession now and I can focus on that and give everything I have to football, I’m really excited.”

So is Oser, the med student who took a break from finals prep Thursday to marvel at how Butker went from second tuba in a high school band to the seventh-round pick of an NFL team.

“I figured he would go places. I knew he was going to be good. I didn’t know he was going to be NFL good,” Oser said.

“I know it’s the first time the Panthers have ever drafted a kicker,” Oser added. “I hope he’s worth it. I hope he has a great, long career in the NFL.”

Hey mom! It's a TUBA!

[threebag]

This could be disastrous if this guy isn't good.

If you remove three made kicks (SDG, CAR, DEN) from the Chiefs 2016 season, they're 9-7.

I hope you get flushed soon.

[nychief]

In toub we trust.