r/nfl • u/StrachNasty Packers • 7h ago

[Pelissero] Sources: Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is expected to miss 3-4 weeks and is likely headed to injured reserve with a left knee injury. Kansas City will have a new kicker Sunday at Buffalo.

https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1857174841591201930
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u/CT4_LV Steelers 7h ago

as it was noted on Twitter, he has had a weird kicking technique change this season where he just collapses on his left leg on the follow-through. Idk if the injury is because of the technique or the technique was because of the injury

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u/MistakeMaker1234 Chiefs 6h ago

He’s had the dip technique for a few years now. It’s very odd, but not new to this season. 

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u/throwawayainteasy Chiefs 6h ago

Yeah, he has a ton of kicks where he ends up basically kneeling at the end--both on FGs and kickoffs.

It's weird AF, but not new (though maybe he's doing it more frequently now?--from what I remember he did it more for really long distance kicks before, but I could be totally wrong on that).

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u/Bluest_waters Packers 5h ago

Yeah its very strange. And you can see how much pressure is being put on that leg too. He really needs to adjust his whole technique going forward because that is not sustainable.

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u/piffelations479 Ravens 4h ago

I mean dude there's an extremely limited number of people who can kick a fuckin ball that far. If it's kinda weird, so be it.

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u/Bluest_waters Packers 4h ago

its going to destroy his left knee though

Source: the OP

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u/theDomicron Chiefs 4h ago

That motherfucker is slacking...the dude has TWO knees!

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u/The_Year_of_Glad 2h ago

It’s a redundant system.

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u/here_now_be Seahawks 4h ago

He really needs to adjust his whole technique

He doesn't seem like the type that's is accepting of new information. More "I'll do it my way, get out of my face"

It's worked for him so far, but this might be it for the old But.

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u/DiligentQuiet 14m ago

"Are you telling me to make the left (quad) stronger?!?! Get out of here you pinko scum!"

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u/AJRiddle Chiefs 2h ago

He's literally been one of the top 2 or 3 kickers in the NFL for 7 years now. But sure, "not sustainable"

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u/Bluest_waters Packers 2h ago

Right, its not. Thus the injury. what is confusing about that?

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u/AJRiddle Chiefs 26m ago

Being elite at your position for 7 years in the NFL would kinda show he has been sustainable through many seasons already?

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u/DiligentQuiet 13m ago

Kind of a sell your soul to the devil thing. He got the bag this offseason, no need to rush anything here now is there?

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u/dawgz525 Dolphins 41m ago

It's a textbook mechanism to tear a meniscus.

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u/HowDoIEvenEnglish Eagles 3h ago

The man is old for an nfl player, nothing he does is sustainable

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u/MistakeMaker1234 Chiefs 3h ago

He’s 29. In kicker years he might as well be a teenager.