The Kansas City Chiefs are dealing with another difficulty throughout their unbeaten season.
The Chiefs will lack kicker Harrison Butker for 3-4 weeks, NFL Network Insiders Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported Thursday, while he has surgical treatment on his meniscus in his left knee. Taking Butker’s location will be Spencer Shrader, who is being signed off the New York Jets’ practice team, per Pelissero.
Butker, who has actually made a credibility as one of the league’s terrific clutch kickers, will have arthroscopic surgical treatment on his left knee to trim his meniscus. He’s anticipated to be back in advance of the home stretch of the routine season and the playoffs, as the 9-0 Chiefs are attempting to end up being the very first NFL group to win 3 straight Super Bowl titles.
Butker, 29, was rewarded with a huge agreement extension in August, and he’s backed it up with another strong season up until now, making 18 of 20 field-goal shots and 21 of his 22 extra-point shots. Changing him, even for a brief stretch, will be a high order. The Chiefs have actually won 7 of their 9 video games this season by one rating.
Shrader, 25, was among the couple of brilliant areas for the Jets on Sunday, making both his field-goal efforts and scoring all of their points in a 31-6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He’s played in just 2 profession NFL video games, making all 3 extra-point efforts for the Colts in their Week 1 loss to the Texans. The Jets later on signed Shrader to their practice team in October.
The Chiefs’ very first video game without Butker will be Sunday at the Buffalo Bills.