# Chiefs coordinator backs Harrison Butker as starter despite Justin Tucker’s ‘off the charts’ workout

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/chiefs-coordinator-backs-harrison-butker-as-starter-despite-justin-tuckers-off-the-charts-workout/
- Published: 2026-10-29T21:42:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T22:26:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/chiefs-coordinator-backs-harrison-butker-starter-despite-justin-tucker-off-charts-workout
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## Key points

- Butker remains Kansas City’s starting kicker for now.
- Tucker impressed in a demanding tryout and joined the practice squad.
- Butker’s recent misses have put his place under scrutiny.

## Summary

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed Justin Tucker to their practice squad after Harrison Butker’s recent missed field goals, but special teams coordinator Dave Toub says Butker remains the team’s starting kicker. Toub said the aim is to help Butker improve, while making clear that Tucker’s strong workout earned him a place on the practice squad.

Butker has made 11 of 16 field-goal attempts this season and missed four times in his last four games; he went 10 for 10 in practice during windy conditions. Tucker completed a workout that included 30 kicks, seven attempts from beyond 50 yards and one from 60, with Toub saying 60 per cent landed within a six-foot cylinder between the uprights. Tucker recently served a 10-game suspension under the NFL’s personal conduct policy following misconduct allegations from massage therapists; he has denied them, and the signing has drawn criticism.

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