The Kansas City Chiefs’ victory last Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals featured many memorable moments, including another famous kick from Harrison Butker that almost happened.
Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub revealed that Mahomes doesn’t need to get to the 50-yard line. From what Toub sees in practice, he could be much farther out.
“In a vacuum, he could probably hit, I’d say, a 68-yarder, with a little bit of wind, he could probably bang. I’ve seen him do it 73 yards,” said Toub. “I have seen him do it. So that kick was very makeable because we had the wind at our back, and he and he hit a, I think he hit a 66 in pregame, and then we tried a 73, and he just kind of barely, it was plenty leg. The leg was strong enough, but there was just a little bit left. In the right conditions with the time, right.”
Butker’s career-long field goal in the regular season is 62 yards, which he connected in 2022. He already holds the record for the longest-made field goal in a Super Bowl with 57 yards at Super Bowl LVIII.
“If we ran a little bit more time off the clock there if it was 10 seconds or so, you take a shot at it; we’ll get that option. You know, we’re going to get that chance. I mean, he was disappointed. You see him, he was disappointed we took him off. He really thought we were going. I did, too. I really did. But then he was right. That was a smart decision by Coach (Andy) Reid.”
Butker’s range is respected around the league, and he consistently seeks to show off his leg and conquer some league records.