Chiefs v Bills (is this the week?)

[purplefaithful]

I think so....

Chiefs are a +2.0 right as of today.

[Kentis]

Could be, but I’ve learned never to underestimate Mahomes … 

[Vanguard83]

...or the refs...

[MaroonBells]

Chiefs have won a lot of very close games against not very good teams. Mahomes just hasn't been that great. Only two games with a rating over 100. By comparison, Darnold has only two games with rating under 100.

I don't think it would take much for the Bills to knock them off.

[purplefaithful]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Chiefs are placing kicker Harrison Butker on the injured reserve list due to a knee injury, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Thursday.

Butker, who was on the field and working with his teammates when Thursday's practice began, will need arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, sources told Schefter.

By going on IR, Butker will be sidelined for at least the next four games.

The team is signing kicker Spencer Shrader off the New York Jets' practice squad to replace Butker on the 53-man roster, sources told Schefter.

Source: ESPN

[Montana Tom]

My first reaction is "who is Spencer Shrader, off the Jets PS?".
He's played in one NFL game.
Turns out that he had a pretty solid college kicking history. I don't think the drop-off from Butker to Shrader will be significant.

At Notre Dame (2023 season)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Sun Bowl John H. Folmer Trophy (Special Teams Player of the Game)
2023 Notre Dame Special Teams Player of the Game – at NC State
AS A GRADUATE (2023)

Saw action in all 13 games as the Notre Dame kicker … Connected on 15 field goals, and finished 61-for-62 on extra points … Finished second on the team with 106 points scored … Was 3-for-3 on field goals 29 yards and in, hit four kicks of 50 or more, including setting a program record with a 54-yard kick at NC State … Matched the program record for field goals of longer than 50 yards in a career in just one season
NAVY (8/26): Made his Irish debut against the Midshipmen in Dublin, Ireland … Finished six-for-six in PAT attempts … Kicked off seven times, six were touchbacks
TENNESSEE STATE (9/2): Kicked off eight times with six touchbacks … Finished 7-for-7 in point after touchdown attempts
at NORTH CAROLINA STATE (9/9): Finished 1-for-2 on field goal attempts, hitting on a school record 54-yard field goal in the first quarter … Kicked off eight times, recording five touchbacks … 6-for-6 on PAT attempts
CENTRAL MICHIGAN (9/16): Went 2-for-3 on field goals, connecting from 50 and 31, and missing from 59 … Added five PATs on five attempts
OHIO STATE (9/23): Connected on both PATs … Kicked off three times, two going for touchbacks
at DUKE (9/30): Hit 2-of-3 field goals in the victory … Connected from 35 and 45 yards out … Kicked off five times with two touchbacks
at LOUISVILLE (10/7): Connected on field goal attempts from 53 and 54 yards, becoming the first kicker to hit two from 50+ in the same game in program history … Added four touchbacks on four kickoffs … Made both PATs
USC (10/14): Finished 2-for-2 on field goal attempts, hitting from 36 and 23 yards out … Perfect on PATs, hitting on all six … Added six touchbacks on nine kickoffs
PITTSBURGH (10/28): Hit a 23-yard field goal as time expired at the end of the first half … Finished 6-for-7 in extra points … Totaled 427 kick off yards, averaging 61.0 per kick … Hit two for touchbacks
at CLEMSON (11/4): Hit a single-game best three field goal attempts against Clemson … His most as a member of the Irish, and second-most of his career after hitting four at USF in 2020 … True from 43, 30 and 23 yards out … Six kickoffs, recording four touchbacks
WAKE FOREST (11/18): Finished 1-for-2 in field goals, hitting from 37 yards out … Connected on all five extra point attempts … Kicked off six times for three touchbacks
at STANFORD (11/25): Took the field in the victory against the Cardinal … Finished 8-of-8 in extra point opportunities … Kicked off nine times, with six going for touchbacks
OREGON STATE – TONY THE TIGER SUN BOWL (12/29): Named the games Most Outstanding Special Teams Player … Finished 1-for-2 on field goals, hitting from 44 yards out … Added five extra points on five attempts … Kicked off seven times, recording six touchbacks
Prior to Notre Dame

at USF (2022 season, and previous)
Honors and Awards

2022 Phil Steele Preseason All-AAC Third Team
2022 Athlon Preseason All-AAC Third Team
2021 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
AAC Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 9, 2020)
USF Record of four field goals of 40-plus yards in the same game (11/7/20)
9-Straight field goal makes rank third all-time at USF (2021)

As a Senior (2022):
Was the Bulls primary placekicker and kickoff specialist during all 12 games on the year
led the team scoring 64 points
went 9-of-13 on field goals (69.2 %), going 2-5 over 40 yards
had a season-long 49-yard field goal at Florida (9/17), hitting two field goals in the game
also made two field goals at Tulsa (11/18), 25 and 34 yards, in freezing conditions
went 37-o-37 on point after attempts, hitting season-best 6-of-6 vs. Howard (9/10)
kicked off 63 times, averaging 63.0 yards per kickoff with 50 touchbacks, just 11 returns and an average yard line of the 25.

[Knucklehead]

Wake me up if/when they meet in the playoffs. Until Buffalo can beat them in the playoffs, nothing else matters. Even if KC loses on Sunday, they'll still be a game up in the loss column with a favorable schedule remaining. They're the odds on favorite to have home field throughout the playoffs in the AFC.

[StickierBuns]

Wake me up if/when they meet in the playoffs. Until Buffalo can beat them in the playoffs, nothing else matters. Even if KC loses on Sunday, they'll still be a game up in the loss column with a favorable schedule remaining. They're the odds on favorite to have home field throughout the playoffs in the AFC.

This. The Bills can beat the Chiefs during the regular season, but not the playoffs. Yawn.

[JR44]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Chiefs are placing kicker Harrison Butker on the injured reserve list due to a knee injury, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Thursday.

Most probably hurt it while having to get his foot removed from his mouth 

[Canthony]

Yes. There is your answer