KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – One of the three kickers the Kansas City Chiefs have utilized to hit a game-winner this season returned to the practice field in a limited capacity on Wednesday.
Ahead of a Week 15 matchup with the Cleveland Browns, star Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker returned to practice as he attempts to return from a left knee injury.
“We’re going to see if he — how he does here,” Reid said of Butker. “He’ll get a few snaps out there — or chances.”
Butker had surgery to repair his left knee on Nov. 15 and was placed on injured reserve before Kansas City’s first loss of the season, a Week 11 game at the Buffalo Bills.
In his absence, the Chiefs have employed Spencer Shrader (who hit a game-winner against the Carolina Panthers) and Matthew Wright (who doinked in a kick to help the Chiefs beat the Los Angeles Chargers and secure their ninth straight AFC West title on Sunday night).
The Chiefs made Butker the NFL’s highest-paid kicker in August. He hit a 51-yard game-winning field goal to help Kansas City beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 2 this season and has made game-tying and game-winning field goals in each of the past two Super Bowl wins for the Chiefs.
With Wednesday opening Butker’s practice window for a return, the 29-year-old is eligible to return to game action on Sunday, however he’ll have 21 days before the Chiefs must make a move to add him to the active roster.
Spencer Shrarder remains on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.
In other injury news Wednesday, the Chiefs listed left tackle D.J. Humphries (hamstring) as a non-participant in practice and right tackle Jawaan Taylor (knee) as a limited participant.
Cornerback Joshua Williams, who left Sunday night’s win over the Chargers with a chest injury, was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice.
