In my opinion, even after the offense gets cruising again you pay him. He's more than earned it and what he does is extremely important to the Chiefs success. I know a kicker is not a sexy or valuable position but in this case it is. Like most NFL dynasties Chiefs tend to win a lot of close games, especially in the playoffs, so Butker is worth the money he will be paid. It's not like the Chiefs have to break the bank to pay the guy. Look at the last Bills playoff game we had, you think Butler misses that clutch FG kick like the Bills kicker did?

Now if the Chiefs were a team rebuilding and not a constant SB favorite/contender I think then you let him go. But this isn't the case with our situation.

A 400 post thread dedicated to a punter used to be a sign of how bad things really were, now it’s a sign of just how good we actually have it.

For sure.

We are all blessed to be Chief fans. As we know it wasn't always like this and I'm sure it won't be once Mahomes/Reid leave. So we have to enjoy this era as much as we can and not take it for granted.

GO KC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Huh. I wonder who's going to do the Chiefs postgame show next season. Please not Adam Drovetta.

True.

But only because I know who these dildoes are...

I tried to listen last night to their mock draft. I made it to #4 and then dozed off. Insomniacs could get behind these guys. Boring. I just don't see how people actually have that much time to listen.

Personally I rarely watch TV. I listen to pods at work, in transit and at the gym for 1-1.5 hrs a day.

I walk 2 miles to the gym and back and listen while I'm at the gym. That's a lot of content to fill.

Of course I could do audio books or more high-brow podcasts to expand my mind. But the mind always seems to prefer Chiefs pablum.

The AHPKC guys haven't (and usually don't) do mock drafts. I think you're thinking of the KC Lab.

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Which is normally pretty good.
Problem is when you have to come up with something new to say every day or every other day it's all been covered. We have like 2 weeks to go and not much is going to change from today 'till draft day.

I get a little bored when they get into their draft prospect interviews. Same questions similar answers.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can confirm the Chiefs are signing DL Alex Gubner from Montana. He attended minicamp on a tryout basis. <a href="https://twitter.com/SamMcDowell11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SamMcDowell11</a> had it first. <br><br>Club released P Ryan Rehkow to free roster space, per source. Matt Araiza appears to be the winner of the punter job for now.</p>&mdash; Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattderrick/status/1801316345566380296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

BUT WHAT IF HE CAN'T HOLD FOR BUTKER/////

Im actually excited to see him punt

Wait....this can't be right! Punter is a NEEEEEED!!!!

Can he throw a football like Tommy?

Guys! Even though he did the job in ****ing college I neeeeeed to know if he can hold on FGs!!!! Nevermind the fact that a shlub like Townsend (2-time SB champion!) basically learned how to do it in one offseason that was shortened by COVID rules.

It's unknooooooown!!!!!!!!

What’s Colquit’s opinion on him?

I think we can all guess.

I regret to inform you that we simply aren’t punting this year.

We may not even see a third down.

:wayne:

That one time we get ****ed on some calls in the Superbowl and Araiza flips the field from our own 5 to their 20 the haters will have one more thing to piss and moan about.

Is this why butker wasn’t in the building yesterday?

https://arrowheadaddict.com/posts/ka...a-01j0aeg88cyn

Ready for holding
The Chiefs are leaning on Araiza to not only handle the punting duties that everyone expects, but he's also going to serve as the holder for Harrison Butker's field goal attempts. Rehkow was familiar with that responsibility and was more recently tested, but Dave Toub's willingness to let Araiza be the lone punter at this point bodes well for his work as a holder, too

We’ll see

There’s circus workers that can juggle 8 bowling pins at once how hard can holding a kick be

I guess we have no regard for the punter battle thread. Rude af.

Was watching Araiza highlights last night from SDSU. LMAO....his leg is insane.

I counted twice at least in which he punted from his own end zone and downed them inside their own 5. ****ing nuts.

@direckshun are you content now?

I cannot believe that we are going into the season without a back up punter. We’re damned

If they have that confidence in him, I believe them.

This kid is just ANOTHER cheat code.

Cheat code quality:

Owner
GM
HC
QB
TE
DT
punter
Kicker
DBs
LBs

WR could very well end up one of our best positions.

This offense should be HISTORIC and when they need to punt, opposing offenses are going to need to drive the whole field because of PUNT GOD.

This Chiefs team should go down as a top 5 team OF ALL TIME.

Cheers and enjoy the ride.

I hope Butker isn't offended by his nickname. Although other Gods are mentioned in the Bible

And we're still dead last in quality of cheerleaders. How hard can it be to put a scout in a local strip club and recruit some hot babes.

I am pretty sure the Chiefs are getting what they pay for…

I just want him to be a great holder for Butker.

OH NOES!!!!!!!! :fear::deevee:

He is reeruned so no

We have also never had a player/coach sex scandal with our Cheerleaders have we? Maybe its planned!!!!

Their tits are too big. Chiefs can't have such monstrosities in their cheerleaders. It could be a distraction. :harumph:

WE'RE DOOMED!!!!!! SEASON IS OVER BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED!!! ALL HOPES OF A THREEPEAT ARE SQUASHED LIKE A DAMN BUG :huh:

LT is still sketchy.

Meh, if not, I'll be that Louis kid could simply drop-kick or some such.

Kingsley will be just fine and the drastic improvement at WR is going to open up this whole offense.

The Jet sweeps, draw plays, screens and misdirection plays are all going to be lethal because of how much elite speed the offense has.

This offense is going to EAT.

I feel like you left off some important ones. Spags, Merritt, and as much as I used to hate the guy Andy Heck.

Training staff

Ask Tony Romo.;)

I love the positive attitude! How can you NOT have one about this team after back to back SB wins especially with our SB win last year which our offense was playing pretty much the whole season with "one arm tied behind their back"?

But BOSS as you know every season is "brand new" and "it is all on paper right now" until we get the pads on especially with Kingsley. Will Brown pick up the playbook quicker than Juju? This will determine more of Brown's success than outrunning the coverage because D's won't let him get behind them hardly at all therefore Brown must pick up Pat's eyes in what Pat sees hopefully sooner than later. Will Matt have Romo brick hands in clutch moments? These are legit questions that cannot be answered "in shells and gym shorts" at this point.

With the accusations against him previously it makes so much sense to take that temptation away by only having our cheerleaders to tempt him.

The same legit questions can be asked about your creepy use of quotes and odd choice of bolding. We'll never know...

You be you and I'll be me and we'll get along just fine!:thumb:

how ****ing hilarious is it that the Bills wasted a draft pick on him, then he gets accused of a horrible crime, so they drop him, then he is whoops totally exonerated and now he's OURS not THEIRS? Life as a Bills fan must be constant torture.

But the guys on only weird games said we should be too good for this

Another great signing by Veach he had a good night. Glad to see him get some redemption

Should play receiver IMHO

He had some ups going for that snap.

Good punter is just a punter.

And the dude pinned the punt at the 10 despite all that chaos.

Lot of guys will save that snap then shank the punt. He kept his head and drilled a hell of a punt that almost forced a turnover.

Pretty incredible.

Holy upgrade. He’s been so much better than Townsend

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2024<br>Yards per punt<br><br>•Matt Araiza<br>52.3 (1st in NFL)<br><br>•Tommy Townsend<br>46.1 (28th) <a href="https://t.co/JfnS3INH8w">pic.twitter.com/JfnS3INH8w</a></p>&mdash; El_Travador (@El_Travador) <a href="https://twitter.com/El_Travador/status/1849593160046887322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Saved Money, Upgraded the Position.

Veach!

Yeah he has a leg, but punt distance isn't the only thing that says if your a good punter or not. You can boom punts all day, but if they're going into the endzone, then it doesn't really matter and you lost a good chunk of that punt.

I believe that punting yards are recorded minus any yards the receiving team gains on the return a.k.a. where the ball is placed when they take possession. So, a punt into the end zone would effectively take 20 yards off the punt length stat.

Matt is #1 in Avg punt distance (52.3). and net yards (45.7)

He has only punted 16 times which puts him at #30 in the league

8 have gone inside the 20 yard line, which puts him in 6th place in terms of percentage of punts inside the 20 (50%)

3 have gone into the end zone (touchbacks) which is actually pretty high in absolute numbers as well as percentage of punts. Currently, most touchbacks per punter is 4.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/playe...Yards/dir/desc

He started the season great but also a little rocky. Lots of kicks that barreled into the end zone, with a few miraculous saves by the coverage unit. It seems like he’s gotten that under way better control of late which is huge if he can get that control on top of the distance.

Also no major issues holding for butker which I was nervous about.

So all in all it’s working out nicely

How long do we have him on the cheap?

But how well he ever learn how to hold on place kicks???

I mean, only like 100% of rookie punters ever figure out how to hold in their first offseason!!!!

Okay, 99.9%. The Bengals rookie punter apparently can’t hold

I’d feel a bit better if the reason why he hasn’t kicked so much wasn’t because of turnovers and field goals.

This is the kind of high-level inside info that keeps me paying the ChiefsPlanet $99 annual membership fee. You just can't get stuff like this anywhere else but here.

:clap:

This dude rocks! Thanks Bills!

Straight up legend.

A true unicorn.

Redemption at hand

Praise be to the almighty Punt God. Amen.

Remember when dorekshun thought there was an offseason punter battle? Or before that we should draft one?

He's always wrong. He will also do about 15 mock drafts which only give the Chiefs 1 starter too

What if he's a damn good starter? MMM worth it? Butkers replacement and two Darrian Kennards, one Sanders Commings and one Skyy Moore?

Araiza is so tender


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> have tendered punter Matt Araiza, an exclusive rights free agent. The tender is worth $960,000. <a href="https://t.co/8Sx4Y95a48">pic.twitter.com/8Sx4Y95a48</a></p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1898022873391915510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Dues trash

Hell yeah! Touchbacks still on deck!

Terrible player, let him go or at least bring in some competition