Butler wins it for KC

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[swampsting]

Super Fun Football Fact Monday: Harrison Butker's first word was "iddqd"

1. From our vantage point in Sanford Stadium, I wasn't sure what happened with the kick until I saw the ball boys go nuts. And then I turned to my buddy and went, "He made it! He made it! Mein Gott in Himmel!"
2. As loathsome as I find the Georgia radio crew, for the most part, Scott Howard's call is priceless. It's almost as if he wanted that kick to go through. "I think it is ... GOOOOODDD! Oh my God!!! He made it!!!!" To be backed up with "... from Butker ... ughhh...."

 

[OmnipoTech]

No. Reggie had no idea it was 4th down because of UGAg scorekeeping and a ööööty OC named Pat Nix.

The problem I have with that sequence is spiking the ball on the actual 3rd down

That's a stretch, the QB should know what down it is and not have to rely on someone to tell him. But ok.

 

[Techbert]

There were bad calls both ways, so from now on I will use the phrase "whiny as an Eagles fan."

 

[JJacket]

That's a stretch, the QB should know what down it is and not have to rely on someone to tell him. But ok.

It absolutely is not a stretch. The down marker or scoreboard (can't remember which) indicated third down. Even Chan, on the spike call, turned to a panicking Nix and yelled "ON THIRD DOWN?!?!?" the play before. Nix was obviously melting down.

At that point, the clock was stopped. Nix should have made it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR to his QB the situation and he failed. We absolutely could have even taken a 5 yard delay penalty at that point (clock stopped) just to make certain we get the correct play and situation to our team. Nix repeatedly failed his way over the years out of college football and this was just one of the bricks in that wall.

I put 95% of the blame on Nix/Chan. UGAg pulled a fast one in the heat of battle and got away with it.

Douchebag

 

[OmnipoTech]

It absolutely is not a stretch. The down marker or scoreboard (can't remember which) indicated third down. Even Chan, on the spike call, turned to a panicking Nix and yelled "ON THIRD DOWN?!?!?" the play before. Nix was obviously melting down.

At that point, the clock was stopped. Nix should have made it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR to his QB the situation and he failed. We absolutely could have even taken a 5 yard delay penalty at that point (clock stopped) just to make certain we get the correct play and situation to our team. Nix repeatedly failed his way over the years out of college football and this was just one of the bricks in that wall.

I put 95% of the blame on Nix/Chan. UGAg pulled a fast one in the heat of battle and got away with it.

Douchebag

So the QB, in your mind, has no responsibility for knowing what down it is. Gotcha.

 

[JJacket]

So the QB, in your mind, has no responsibility for knowing what down it is. Gotcha.

In the case of that situation, no. He saw 3rd down. While I'm certain, in your day, you would have calmly carried us to victory as our QB, our coaching staff should have been doing their damn jobs and coaching our QB.

 

[BuzzinWreck78]

Ret Butler?

It's Rhett , did you have a problem with autocorrect?

 

[GT flunkout]

Gret job Butler made is prous

GO cheffs

 

[Dirty Jacket]

Super Fun Football Fact Monday: Harrison Butker's first word was "iddqd"

This never gets old. Was in that end zone on the 5 yard line on the uga sideline a few rows off the field. The ball looked short off the Leg then just kind of kept carrying til it got across.Unreal. So awesome to hear 100K mouth breathers go pitch silent instantly.

 

[gt9589]

He'll be a GT and NFL legend once it's all said and done. I used to work with his mom for years. Every Friday before the weekend during FB season she would wear his GT jersey and then when we went to the NFL she'd wear a Carolina and then Chief's jersey to work without fail. He's helped KC win two Superbowls and ultimately, he helped us beat UGA at their house. A GT GOAT.

 

[coit]

He'll be a GT and NFL legend once it's all said and done. I used to work with his mom for years. Every Friday before the weekend during FB season she would wear his GT jersey and then when we went to the NFL she'd wear a Carolina and then Chief's jersey to work without fail. He's helped KC win two Superbowls and ultimately, he helped us beat UGA at their house. A GT GOAT.

Pics of mom?

 

[M39Buzz]

He'll be a GT and NFL legend once it's all said and done. I used to work with his mom for years. Every Friday before the weekend during FB season she would wear his GT jersey and then when we went to the NFL she'd wear a Carolina and then Chief's jersey to work without fail. He's helped KC win two Superbowls and ultimately, he helped us beat UGA at their house. A GT GOAT.

I don't know about the NFL, but he's ALREADY a GT Legend!!

Harrison "Mutt Buttkicker"!!

 

[Supersize that order mutt]

Back to the title ... I thought maybe Malcolm Butler had picked off Russell Wilson again, so I could point at Pete Carroll and go "ha ha."

As for the game, it was a hold. It should have been called. If it wasn't, Philly gets the ball with probably 1:50 left and one timeout and likely down 3. But judging by that atrocious last pass attempt by Hurts ... (yeah, I know he was not going to reach the end zone on that one. Still, that was really, really bad) ... who's to say Philly would have come close to getting within field goal range.

Anyhoo, Butker has a second ring.
Did anyone see the story with him and his thoughts on CBK on ajc.com? It's behind a paywall and I never saw it on the app.

Harrison Butker adds to dream with Super Bowl-winning kick for Chiefs

Caption
Credit: AP

GEORGIA TECH
By Ken Sugiura, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb 12, 2023

With a sweep of his cleated right foot, Harrison Butker achieved yet another indelible moment in a dream career. The former Georgia Tech star and Westminster grad delivered the game-winning kick for the Chiefs, a 27-yarder with eight seconds remaining that secured Super Bowl LVII over the Eagles Sunday night in Glendale, Ariz.

The game-winner atoned for a miss from 42 yards in the first quarter, a kick that bounced off the left upright and contributed to the Chiefs going into halftime down 24-14. Butker also made all five of his extra-point tries and had touchbacks on his first six kickoffs before squibbing the last with eight seconds remaining.
“That’s what you dream of as kicker – getting to the Super Bowl and have a game-winning kick,” Butker said after the game in comments recorded by WSB-TV. “It’s crazy to think that that’s now happened. What is it, a walk-off game-winner – I don’t know what it is when there’s time left on the clock. But it’s an amazing feeling.”

Chiefs coach Andy Reid showed his faith in Butker at game’s end. After a defensive holding penalty awarded the Chiefs offense a first down on the Eagles 11-yard line with 1:48 to play, Reid was content to run the clock down and put the game on Butker’s foot. Allowed free passage to the end zone by the Eagles defense in hopes of getting the ball back, Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon stopped short of the end zone at the 2-yard line to maintain possession and set up the field goal. After quarterback Patrick Mahomes took a knee on third down, Reid called timeout with 11 seconds remaining, entrusting Butker to bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy back to Kansas City.

His confidence was well-founded. Butker drilled a 45-yard game-winner two weeks ago in the AFC title and in last year’s postseason forced overtime in consecutive playoff games with field goals from beyond 40 yards. When Butker ran out to attempt the game-winner Sunday night, he was a perfect 49-for-49 in his NFL career from 29 yards and in.
Earlier this week, Butker described how he handles big moments like the one he faced Sunday night with a process-oriented approach that called to mind the industrial-engineering degree he earned from Tech.

“I try to treat every kick like a big kick,” Butker told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week. “So whether that’s warmup kicks before the game, maybe the practice kicks leading up to the game, the extra point in the first quarter – all those kicks are big kicks. So when I do get to that big moment, I’ve been there before, I’ve done it. I think that gives me the best chance for success.”
On the kick, Butker planted his left foot and swung his right leg through the ball, sending the ball high and straight through the uprights. NFL uprights are 18 feet, 6 inches apart. Butker’s kick might have sailed cleanly through uprights six feet apart.
Butker could scarcely have scripted a more satisfying finish to the season than making the game-winner in the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium. The year veered off course on the same field in the season opener against the Cardinals, when he rolled his left ankle on his first kickoff of the year. The injury forced him to miss four games – his first time out of the lineup since joining the Chiefs in 2017 – and his 75% field-goal percentage was the lowest of his career.

Butker has now earned two Super Bowl rings in six NFL seasons (he’s the third former Yellow Jacket to win two Super Bowls as a player, joining Bill Curry and Shaquille Mason) and ranks as the fourth most accurate kicker in NFL history. It is far more than Butker might have imagined for himself after he was signed by the Chiefs in September 2017 off of the Carolina Panthers practice squad. Butker was drafted in the seventh round out of Tech by the Panthers but lost a training-camp battle and was signed to the practice squad.
He has proven himself one of the NFL’s most trustworthy legs since then, providing further documentation Sunday that Chiefs fans won’t soon forget.

 

[swampsting]

My buddy with season tickets didn't think Butker would be a good pro kicker.
I tried to tell him, those wider hash marks really make a difference. And when Butker needs to make one - VT and UGa in 2014, Kentucky in 2016 - he's money.

 

[JJacket]

Harrison Butker adds to dream with Super Bowl-winning kick for Chiefs

Caption
Credit: AP

GEORGIA TECH
By Ken Sugiura, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb 12, 2023

With a sweep of his cleated right foot, Harrison Butker achieved yet another indelible moment in a dream career. The former Georgia Tech star and Westminster grad delivered the game-winning kick for the Chiefs, a 27-yarder with eight seconds remaining that secured Super Bowl LVII over the Eagles Sunday night in Glendale, Ariz.

The game-winner atoned for a miss from 42 yards in the first quarter, a kick that bounced off the left upright and contributed to the Chiefs going into halftime down 24-14. Butker also made all five of his extra-point tries and had touchbacks on his first six kickoffs before squibbing the last with eight seconds remaining.
“That’s what you dream of as kicker – getting to the Super Bowl and have a game-winning kick,” Butker said after the game in comments recorded by WSB-TV. “It’s crazy to think that that’s now happened. What is it, a walk-off game-winner – I don’t know what it is when there’s time left on the clock. But it’s an amazing feeling.”

Chiefs coach Andy Reid showed his faith in Butker at game’s end. After a defensive holding penalty awarded the Chiefs offense a first down on the Eagles 11-yard line with 1:48 to play, Reid was content to run the clock down and put the game on Butker’s foot. Allowed free passage to the end zone by the Eagles defense in hopes of getting the ball back, Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon stopped short of the end zone at the 2-yard line to maintain possession and set up the field goal. After quarterback Patrick Mahomes took a knee on third down, Reid called timeout with 11 seconds remaining, entrusting Butker to bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy back to Kansas City.

His confidence was well-founded. Butker drilled a 45-yard game-winner two weeks ago in the AFC title and in last year’s postseason forced overtime in consecutive playoff games with field goals from beyond 40 yards. When Butker ran out to attempt the game-winner Sunday night, he was a perfect 49-for-49 in his NFL career from 29 yards and in.
Earlier this week, Butker described how he handles big moments like the one he faced Sunday night with a process-oriented approach that called to mind the industrial-engineering degree he earned from Tech.

“I try to treat every kick like a big kick,” Butker told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week. “So whether that’s warmup kicks before the game, maybe the practice kicks leading up to the game, the extra point in the first quarter – all those kicks are big kicks. So when I do get to that big moment, I’ve been there before, I’ve done it. I think that gives me the best chance for success.”
On the kick, Butker planted his left foot and swung his right leg through the ball, sending the ball high and straight through the uprights. NFL uprights are 18 feet, 6 inches apart. Butker’s kick might have sailed cleanly through uprights six feet apart.
Butker could scarcely have scripted a more satisfying finish to the season than making the game-winner in the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium. The year veered off course on the same field in the season opener against the Cardinals, when he rolled his left ankle on his first kickoff of the year. The injury forced him to miss four games – his first time out of the lineup since joining the Chiefs in 2017 – and his 75% field-goal percentage was the lowest of his career.

Butker has now earned two Super Bowl rings in six NFL seasons (he’s the third former Yellow Jacket to win two Super Bowls as a player, joining Bill Curry and Shaquille Mason) and ranks as the fourth most accurate kicker in NFL history. It is far more than Butker might have imagined for himself after he was signed by the Chiefs in September 2017 off of the Carolina Panthers practice squad. Butker was drafted in the seventh round out of Tech by the Panthers but lost a training-camp battle and was signed to the practice squad.
He has proven himself one of the NFL’s most trustworthy legs since then, providing further documentation Sunday that Chiefs fans won’t soon forget.

Donnan had to have that TD against us, didn't he? Shows what happens when you don't just take the FG for the win