‘He’s off a bit’ — Andy Reid finally admits the Kansas City Chiefs have a Harrison Butker problem that needs fixing
The Kansas City Chiefs lost a few points after Harrison Butker missed a few field goals.
The Kansas City Chiefs face much bigger issues than most thought the then-undefeated team did. Playing against the Seattle Seahawks really magnified those flaws. The Seahawks also highlighted that KC indeed has a Harrison Butker problem.
Butker was 1/3 on the day, missing a 58-yarder that was way short, not even close, and a 45-yarder. As for the near 60-yarder, it would have been a bit different if he got the ball all the way there, but he wasn’t even close. And some will say, okay, that’s a near 60-yarder. His career high is 62.
As for the 45-yarder, the blocking didn’t look like it would hold up well. Regardless, he got the kick away, so it should’ve been good. That’s six points taken off the board, which could have made the game 13-9, and then we are talking about an entirely different game.
“All three phases, everybody had an issue. Starting with me. You know, a lot of pieces to that,” head coach Andy Reid told reporters after the game. “He’s been one of the most consistent kickers in football. He’s off a bit, so got to fix it.”
Butker is 11/16 on the year and has missed one extra point. He has the most missed kicks in the NFL since last season started with 15. So yes, he needs to fix it.
Chiefs have to get all of their issues fixed
The kicking game isn’t why they lost. I think we all know that—their inability to run the ball was a big part of it. Kenneth Walker was shut down, and the running lanes were just not there like they had been all year. Some of the Chiefs’ success earlier in the year came from the other team playing very poor run defense. Seattle also had great gap integrity all night.
Then KC couldn’t convert any third downs (3-11), and they gave up too many third-down conversions (11-16).
“Yeah, we got to learn from it,” Reid said. “I mentioned to you guys before, win or lose, you’ve got to learn and get better. So we’ll all do that. I’ll start with myself, and we’ll work our way through it and make sure that we teach. We’ve got the right locker room to handle that. I feel like I have a great locker room. They’ll take care of business here.”
