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The Kansas City Chiefs added veteran kicker Justin Tucker to their practice squad this week after Harrison Butker missed two field goals in their 20-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on "Sunday Night Football" in Week 7.
Butker has made just 68.8% of his field goal attempts this season, which is on pace for the worst percentage of his 10-year career.
When speaking to reporters on Thursday, Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub said Butker needed to make field goals in critical moments and in tight games like Sunday night's game against the Seahawks. He claimed Butker is the Chiefs’ preferred kicker and said the team brought in Tucker to help get Butker to where he needs to be for Kansas City moving forward.
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“Butker is our kicker,” Toub said, via Pro Football Talk. “We’re trying to improve, we’re trying to get Butker right. That’s what this whole thing is about. He went 10-for-10 yesterday with Tucker standing right there. And he went 10-for-10. On a windy day, it was 28-mile-an-hour gusts yesterday, and he went 10-for-10.
"And I thought right before out to practice, I was going, ‘This poor bastard,’ I mean, it’s 28-mile-an-hour gusts and he’s got to go out there and try to — and he did it. He went 10-for-10, so that’s a good thing. So we’re going to keep working it.”
Toub said that Tucker has been valuable in helping Butker with his process. The two have exchanged notes. Tucker can speak a "language" to Butker that Toub cannot since he's not a kicker.
Tucker helped the Baltimore Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII and has earned eight All-Pro nominations. He last played in the league for the Ravens in 2024, but was released during the 2025 offseason amid off-the-field issues and his kicking struggles during the 2024 season.
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