Butker injures knee [designated to return]
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Chiefs are signing kicker Spencer Shrader off the Jets practice squad and placing kicker Harrison Butker on injured reserve due to a knee injury. <a href="https://t.co/4fmiBTvHaB">pic.twitter.com/4fmiBTvHaB</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1857175122727043147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Holy ****.

Oh my ****ing God

So it's bad. WTF man.

Don't jump off the bridge yet

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> K Harrison Butker is expected to have surgery to trim his meniscus in his left knee, per source. That&#39;s why he&#39;s headed to IR, though he&#39;ll be back for the home stretch and playoffs.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1857175314289365374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This could be a game changer with our offense struggling getting tds , not getting the guaranteed FG might change the way we call stuff in redzone.

There goes the ****ing season right out the gd window

Okay so it’s minor surgery on his non-kicking knee and he’s expected back for the playoffs. That makes me feel better

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> kicker Harrison Butker is expected to miss 3-4 weeks and is likely headed to injured reserve with a left knee injury. <br><br>Kansas City will have a new kicker Sunday at Buffalo. <a href="https://t.co/Qm7JEHDsfW">pic.twitter.com/Qm7JEHDsfW</a></p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1857174841591201930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is some seriously shitty news. WTF happened? How is a kicker's knee getting injured this bad in practice?

Wonder if it happened on the last kickoff against Denver and that's why it was so wonky.

Isn’t plant knee an issue?

3-4 weeks, can live with that.

Some missed FGs may cost us a game or two, though, in the meantime as close as we play each week.

The injuries this year are ****ing insane. Thank god it's only a 3-4 week injury.

Beats the alternative by a mile, I'll take it.

4 down territory past midfield and in.

WTF???
When did this happen?

Whew, let's add the "miss 3-4 weeks" to the thread title. Holy heart attack.

Never gonna happen. Araiza is gonna be getting more work.

****ing hell :facepalm:

****.

This is why we can never have nice things.

Agreed. That little nugget wasn't available at the time of the OP.

Traitors, Cowards and Losers are so predictable.

Andy's about to start owning defenses.

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This

Well this sucks. After this week it’s Panthers, Raiders, Chargers, then Browns.

Oh for sure - Schefter scared us all

If we actually 3peat after all the injuries this year, just wow. Talk about a tough road.

:shake: :doh!: Fricking injuries man. At least he'll be back.

Well, guess we'll be going for it more on 4th down now on opponents side of the 50.

This could be interesting . . . .

My first thought as well.

I'm jumping to a conclusion here but awfully ironic that he may have done this on the final kick after they had to play at Arrowhead one day after the ****ing Jayhawks.

Mother ****er!*&$%&$!(%*!%*)%(^!%

Some good news - I just looked up our new kicker and am happy to report he has never missed a kick at the NFL level.

This Shrader fellow must feel like he won the lottery though. Going to get a Super Bowl ring to make a few kicks in about the easiest part of our schedule.

The Chiefs have sustained a ridiculous number of serious injuries in practices this season.

JuJu, Wiley, and now Butker.

Yeah, all injuries too that seem like they would be related to footing issues.

Get that shit together MFers.

That really sucks- changes the calculus of decisions on fourth down at certain spots on the field. Andy will likely get conservative and punt rather take a shot at long field goals.

Yeah, no need to freak out. He’ll be drilling 50 yarders in the playoffs.

Except Wiley's is the only one that we know happened at practice.

And JuJu's injury isn't "serious".

Yeah, never understood why they would schedule games back to back like that. That field was a mess.

That sucks.

Every little bitch in this thread is getting added to the Cowards thread after we win. **** you.

2 for 2. Just don't look at what he did in college before that.

We’ll be fine lol

God, please, make it stop

GFY, and go play hall monitor somewhere else, Bitch.

looks like the Chiefs will just have to start scoring TDs....

In college I see that he averaged 11.5 yards per carry. Sounds like a heck of an athlete.

Don’t freak out about our kicker. It’s his non-kicking leg and he’ll be back for the playoffs.

K Harrison Butker is expected to have surgery to trim his meniscus in his left knee, per source. That's why he's headed to IR, though he'll be back for the home stretch and playoffs.

All part of the plan to hide the entire team for the post season…

This was my second thought.

Wow, maybe this has been a problem all year and we didn't know it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Harrison Butker has collapsed on his left knee following through EVERY kick this season.<br><br>It is a change in his technique that really caught my attention, and unfortunately it’s not surprising his left knee needs a meniscus procedure. <br><br>Hope he gets healthy. <a href="https://t.co/DsSVrKmFuz">https://t.co/DsSVrKmFuz</a> <a href="https://t.co/1szLcRzQea">pic.twitter.com/1szLcRzQea</a></p>&mdash; Drew Butler (@DrewButler) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewButler/status/1857180678351110477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Didn’t we have a game last season where Reid had to kick? Can’t recall which one or how different we played on offense.

Get a life bundle of sticks. No one gives a **** about that thread. Not everyone measures there life's success based on shit that happens on a message board.

Not the GDT so people can be scared of the Texans, be worried about Butker and say Mahomes sucks with immunity

The Chiefs lost to the Colts

Yeah that's weird cause I have noticed him dropping to that knee too and thought it was really odd all season. Maybe this will end that.

People are freaking out over losing a kicker for a few weeks?

The initial freakout was because Schefer said "IR with knee injury", which sounded like a season-ender.

Well, him being the best kicker in the league might have something to do with it.

I noticed that too, and I was like...did he always do that and I just never noticed?

...apparently not...

Wr good

Will be interesting to learn when the dropping his left leg thing actually started. I know I've noticed it before but I don't think it every stuck to me as intentional or happening every time. Apparently it was going at least back to 2023.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apparently Harrison Butker did this in 2023 too. I wonder if he’s done it since his left ankle injury in 2022, or maybe he’s had a small meniscus tear for a while and has avoided planting to avoid shear force in his left knee. <br><br>Very odd kicking method. <a href="https://t.co/EJXJfdjjV0">https://t.co/EJXJfdjjV0</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) <a href="https://twitter.com/jmthrivept/status/1857184674558378134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

What the ****.....we can not be missing the leg in the playoffs.

KC won the SB during a season where Butker got injured in week 1 and missed half the season. WBF

Yip!!!

Thank sweet tap dancing christ....

Guys, plant legs are still kind of important for kickers.

But it’s good it looks like he’ll be back in December.

Butker out for 3-4 weeks...

Chiefsplanet: OMG season over!!!

You're a ****ing idiot for undervaluing the guy who has repeatedly sent us to Superbowls and won them. Actually, you're a ****ing idiot in general.

HE'S OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND WILL BE BACK WAY BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS YOU INBRED IDIOT.

Once you start ****ing up shit in your knee it's not hard to add to it. It's not exactly something you want to risk tearing.

Im going to look at tbis as a blessing. Hopefully it forces Reid/Mahomes to get more aggressive putting the ball in tje freaking endzone. 4 down territory all game type mentality.

With that said, it will be harder to win close games without the best kicker in the league. Butker is a huge weapon.

The season's not over, but let's be honest here - our injury-depleted offense has fully embraced the grind-it-out mentality, and that results in more stalled drives. Losing our nails long distance field goal kicker is going to cost us points, and considering the way we've been winning this season, that's a ****ing problem.

Hopefully the offense will step shit up to counter it.

Justin Reid has this!!

Meanwhile , beginning Sunday we have 3 ****ing games in 11 day stretch

With him out, it would be a fine time to figure out how to get in the end zone.

There's no question that if we continue to play as we've played all season, losing an automatic FG kicker for a guy who couldn't even make 70% in college last year is a significant problem for the next 3-4 weeks. The margin for error with this team has been tiny in most of these games.

But at least it's only the next 3-4 weeks and not the playoffs.

Oh , yeah. I forgot about that. He's better than Butker

Veach and Toub to the rescue.

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