{"id":10862,"date":"2025-01-17T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2025-01-17T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:55:38","slug":"breaking-chiefs-coaching-staff-are-confident-in-harrison-butkers-health-entering-the-postseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10862","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Chiefs coaching staff are confident in Harrison Butker&#8217;s health entering the postseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/12\/2190976103.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=600&amp;crop=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs enter another postseason with eyes on a Super Bowl three-peat featuring many of the top players from each of their past titles. One of the most impactful members of those teams is kicker Harrison Butker, who has had to battle through an injury in the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub has consistently championed Butker\u2019s recovery and return to the lineup before the postseason. He answered questions from reporters during the week about the league\u2019s highest-paid kicker\u2019s health after having surgery in the middle of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Harrison Butker) had surgery on that knee; we can\u2019t forget that,\u201d said Toub. \u201cIt was a minor surgery, but still \u2013 it lingered a little bit because it\u2019s the plant leg that he collapses or whatever we want to call that. It\u2019s changed up things a little bit, but he\u2019s \u2013 you know, I think he\u2019s looked good most recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Butler\u2019s return from injured reserve on December 14th, he is three for five in field goal attempts, including a miss in the Chiefs\u2019 regular season finale loss to the Denver Broncos. 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