MVP

Justin Medlock? Light-skinned dude. That sounds right.

Bump because Butker is MONEY. Another 54yd fg yesterday with plenty of room to spare.

In windy conditions too! :thumb:

Yeah, he's a freak.

Medlock made a career in the CFL

https://www.cfl.ca/players/justin-medlock/149157/

Chiefs drafted him because of Carl’s UCLA connections.

It was an amazing kick, and I say that without hyperbole. With those winds, I didn't think we should attempt a kick that long. He drilled it.

We have, seemingly, developed and supplied kickers to the rest of the NFL.

Butker is the best kicker not named Justin Tucker. If Tucker didn't exist, the NFL as a whole would be consistently telling the world that Butker was the best kicker in football, period.

Amazing that some CPers were weeping about a few missed XPs and demanding he be traded/cut just a little while ago. Dipsticks.

I remember that guy. Got cut after week 1 or 2.

It seemed like the wind really messed with Butker's kicks to the other goal post. They faded to the right. Seems like his kicks in that direction of the 54 yd FG stayed straight, so I was expecting him to make it.

At some point in the recent past, NFL kicking hit an inflection point. In the past, fans were happy when a kicker made a 50+ yard field goal because they didn't really expect it to be good. Now they're unhappy when a kicker misses a 50+ yard field goal because they expect it to be made. As a result, I think we're too harsh on our kickers.

Butker is the best kicker who ever lived on the planet.

Yeah, I'd like to try to make an argument that Butker is better than Tucker but I just can't.

Tucker is unbelievable. He once had a year where he went 10/10 on kicks longer than 50 yards. He's made 174 of 177 kicks inside of 40 yards and 95% of his kicks over his career of less than 50 yards. Oh, and since 2016 he's hit on about 85% of his kicks over 50 yards. He had those 2 weird years where he really struggled from long distances. In those 2 years he missed 11 kicks over 50 yards. He's missed 7 in every other year of his career combined.

Dude's just a monster.

And he sings like an angel.

Fortunately, kicking is a function where players don't compete against each other, but rather they compete against perfection. Tucker can be as good as he wants, but if Butker is also near-perfect, I'm happy.

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