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Originally Posted by Rain Man
As I think about this situation, I realize that it not only won the game for us, but it'll help us down the road.
Other teams are hearing that Butker is willing to go for a 70 yarder and that he's comfortably with 60 to 65. He viewed 58 as "swinging easy", and he backed it up 100 percent.
Fast forward to games later in the season. If it's a close game late, other teams are going to have to play aggressive defense on the entire field. Butker has added 15 yards of additional stress to them, maybe 20. That's going to open up more possibilities for Mahomes and company to move the ball in chunks.
God, I love this team.
I'd like to learn more about how the Chiefs scouted Butker. They obviously knew what he was, because they leapt out and grabbed him as soon as the [edit: Panthers] put him on the practice squad. Who was his champion in the Chiefs organization?
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Probably Veach and his big swingin dong