A few teams can claim that they have already won three Super Bowls in five seasons. Furthermore, they have a contract with quarterback Patrick Mahomes through the 2031 campaign. Put another way, they already possess the most crucial component needed to be a Super Bowl contender for the ensuing eight seasons.
While the coaches and players are concentrated on winning a third straight Super Bowl and focusing on the upcoming season, the front office is making plans to keep the team competitive for many years to come.
It’s rumoured that the Kansas City Chiefs are working on extending kicker Harrison Butker’s contract.
Feb. 11, 2024, Paradise, Nevada, USA: In the first half of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium, Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker (7) attempts a field goal against the San Francisco 49ers. Unavoidable Credit: USA TODAY Sports/Mark J. Rebilas
Although Mahomes and other players in the skill position receive much of the credit for the Chiefs’ recent success, kicker Harrison Butker has been a big contributor to the team’s Super Bowl triumphs.
Joe Summers of KC Kingdom posted an article stating that there is a strong rumour that Kansas City may shortly extend its contentious kicker:
“Kansas City will soon make Creed Humphrey the highest-paid centre in football while handing Harrison Butker a new contract as well,” claims PrettyRickey213, an X (previously known as Twitter) user who has amassed an underground following this summer by breaking significant stories before prominent media do.
Summers points out that PrettyRickey213, an X user, says the Chiefs plan to extend the contracts of Butker and Creed Humphrey.
Although some people might prefer to disregard posts made by non-NFL media members, it’s important to remember that the same person also posted a few days before to Jordan Love’s contract extension with the Green Bay Packers was made official.
Harrison Butker, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, is an asset to the team despite controversy.
Harrison Butker was largely unknown to many fans outside of Kansas City until this offseason. But he became a hot topic on social media and television after making several rude and contentious remarks about different categories of people during his Benedictine College commencement speech.
The Chiefs players, for their part, have disassociated themselves from the ideologies expressed in Butker’s statement. They have, nevertheless, supported him both as a person and as a colleague.
Given his performance on the pitch, it’s understandable why. Butker made an astounding 94.3% of his field goals and 100% of his tries at extra points last year. Over the entire year, he only missed two kicks.
Butker only made 75% of his field goal tries in 2022, the year before. On kicks that were at least fifty yards away, four of his six misses occurred. Within 50 yards, he was 15/17 (88.2%) on kicks.
Butker has made 89.1% of field goals and 94.5% of extra points in his career.
Butker, however, has demonstrated that he is among the best kickers in the game right now during the NFL playoffs. He made all 11 of his field goal attempts during the previous postseason. However, Butker is 19/20 (95%) on field goal attempts and 33/34 (97.1%) on extra point attempts in the three Super Bowl-winning seasons for Kansas City.
Chiefs supporters know that the smallest of margins can decide playoff games and the Super Bowl. Though it may not be well-liked outside the fan base, the organisation would benefit from locking Butker up for the foreseeable future.
