{"id":10036,"date":"2024-12-12T07:38:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10036"},"modified":"2024-12-12T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:38:55","slug":"chiefs-welcome-25-million-starter-back-ahead-of-browns-matchup-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10036","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Welcome $25 Million Starter Back Ahead of Browns Matchup: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184057439-e1733945189104.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184057439-e1733945189104.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184057439-e1733945189104.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2184057439-e1733945189104.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"887\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1429\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More help is on the way for the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs; the two-time defending Super Bowl champions have opened the 21-day practice window for kicker\u00a0Harrison Butker\u00a0to return from injured reserve, according to\u00a0Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest\u00a0on December 11.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs placed Butker on IR on\u00a0November 14. While on IR, Butker had surgery to trim the meniscus in his left knee, according to\u00a0NFL Media\u2019s Ian Rapoport. Butker was never expected to be sidelined longer than the four weeks he was required to stay on IR, so being activated in Week 15 \u2014 which is the first week he was eligible to return from IR \u2014 falls in line with his original timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Wright, who was the latest kicker to replace Butker in Kansas City\u2019s lineup, filled in admirably over the last two games. He made 8-of-9 field goal attempts over that timeframe as well as 2-of-2 PATs.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to his efforts against the divisional-rival\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers\u00a0on Sunday Night Football (4-0f-4 field goal attempts, 1-0f-1 PATs), Wright was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 15.<\/p>\n<p>Butker, who signed a four-year, $25.6 million extension with the Chiefs this offseason, could return to the starting lineup as soon as Sunday, when Kansas City travels to face the\u00a0Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Matthew Wright at Forefront of \u2018Doing for the Division\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Wright, who has played in a total of three games for the Chiefs this season, was the hero for Kansas City in Week 15 in what was a very dramatic finish.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs had the final possession in Week 15 against the Chargers and gave Wright an opportunity to kick a 31-yard field goal with one second left in the game and trailing by one point. Wright made the field goal but\u00a0hit the left upright\u00a0before doing so, which had everyone in Arrowhead Stadium holding their breath until the officials held their arms up to show the field goal was good.<\/p>\n<p>Because the field goal won the game and subsequently the division for the Chiefs, NBC Sports commentator Mike Tirico coined that moment the\u00a0\u201cdoink for the division\u201d\u00a0while it was happening in realtime.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media on Monday, December 9, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid noted Wright\u2019s confidence, which he believes helped him thrive in a big moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I think he\u2019s (Matthew Wright) got a quiet confidence about him,\u201d Reid explained.\u201dI think he realizes that he\u2019s a legitimate kicker, at least that\u2019s the persona that he presents to everybody. I think all [of] the guys on the team have confidence in him. We\u2019re not sitting there going, \u2018Hey listen, we have some guy that\u2019s never done this before and doesn\u2019t have a track record with us.\u2019 He comes in and he just goes, \u2018Okay, line me up and let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>X Users Reacted to Harrison Butker Update<\/h2>\n<p>Users on X, formerly Twitter, reacted to Derrick\u2019s update on Butker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate Spencer [Shrader] &amp; Matthew for their services, filling in very well for Butker. However, I will be happy to not be holding my breath every time we attempt a FG or XP! Clutchker is back!\u201d\u00a0one person wrot<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lexiosborne\/status\/1866931766419681469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">e<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould prefer they take this one slow,\u201d\u00a0another person wrote. \u201cWright and Shrader have filled in nicely as anticipated, but I\u2019d prefer we have a 100% Butker for playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__author-bio\">\n<p><strong>Devon Clements<\/strong>\u00a0covers the Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts for Heavy.com. A New England native who has covered the NFL since 2017, his previous bylines include USA Today&#8217;s Sports Media Group and Sports Illustrated.\u00a0More about Devon Clements<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-tags\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. &nbsp; More help is on the way for the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs; the two-time defending Super Bowl champions have opened the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Welcome $25 Million Starter Back Ahead of Browns Matchup: Report - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10036\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs Welcome $25 Million Starter Back Ahead of Browns Matchup: Report - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getty Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. &nbsp; 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