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By TJ Macias
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There’s a famous line in Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” where Mark Wahlberg’s character is frustrated with something his co-worker didn’t do, which prompts him to shout “I’m the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy.”
The other guy in this scenario? Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker.
How many times can one say “it’s okay – it just went a little wide” when talking about clutch kicks and Butker? For head coach Andy Reid, it may be one too many, but he’s not budging on the controversial kicker who has one job on the team as folks call for him to be benched.
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"I know Butker is the topic and that, I would tell you just, I could kind of see what he saw on that, as far as he ended up going too far right, but I see why he went right too," Reid said on Monday when reporters asked about Butker’s missed 54-yard field goal during Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos "We never talk about the protection on that and the overloads and that, but you have a heavy overload on the left side and penetration there. That's going to alter a kicker.
"I mean, that's just what you do as a kicker. It's no different than what quarterbacks do when they're throwing the football. So, sometimes you have to alter the alignment there. So, I get it," Reid continued. "It just went a little bit too wide on it. But we've got to do a better job of that, of the protection for him there."
So far, Butker has missed seven field goals in the 2026-27 NFL Season, and yet while still struggling to find consistency, Reid is (*checks notes*) sticking with the kicker for the team’s upcoming game against the New York Jets, he said to reporters on Wednesday.
Never fear, if Butker still continues to wither, there’s always backup kicker (*checks notes*) Justin Tucker, who was signed to the Chiefs’ practice squad in October, which drew major criticism from industry professionals, including Jim Nantz.
“Just last year, Tucker had to serve a 10-game suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy,” Nantz said on CBS. “Given the multitude of allegations of nonconsensual behavior, Tucker’s signing this week just drew a sharp rebuke in Kansas City and really all over.”
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