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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker suffered a torn meniscus and had surgery to repair the issue.
Butker was placed on the Injured Reserve and has now been out for the team's past two games. But how long can fans expect Butker to be sidelined?
Will Harrison Butker play again in 2024 or is he out for the year?
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Is Harrison Butker Out For The Season?
Any time you hear that a player had surgery on their knee, you'd be forgiven for thinking about the worst-case scenario, which would be that the player would be out for the year.
But unless something changes, it doesn't sound like that will be the case for Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, as there hasn't been much talk about this injury costing him the rest of the season.
Sources: #Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is expected to miss 3-4 weeks and is likely headed to injured reserve with a left knee injury.
Kansas City will have a new kicker Sunday at Buffalo. pic.twitter.com/Qm7JEHDsfW
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) November 14, 2024
Butker will miss the next two games for Kansas City since he is on the Injured Reserve, but he should be in line to return on Dec. 15 against the Cleveland Browns barring a setback in his recovery. Things could always change, but that should be the expectation.
Butker is converting 90% of his field goal attempts this season and 95.5% of his extra point attempts.
Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Fantasy Football Outlook
With Butker sidelined, the Chiefs brought Spencer Shrader in to kick for the team, signing him off the Jets practice squad. He is 3-for-3 on field goal attempts and 6-for-6 on extra points since he joined Kansas City.
He don't know if Shrader will be as automatic on deep field goal attempts as Butker was so his fantasy ceiling is lower, but he's a streaming option for fantasy managers who are without Butker at the moment.
Chiefs K Spencer Shrader (hamstring) is out of practice today. K Matthew Wright has been signed to practice squad.
— Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) November 26, 2024
That's assuming that Shrader is able to play this week though, as he is dealing with a hamstring injury. The Chiefs signed Matthew Wright to the practice squad.
Assuming Butker returns at the earliest possible date, the veteran kicker should return to being a top-five kicker in fantasy football leagues.
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