During Monday night’s 30-24 overtime win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Kansas City Chiefs tried “kicking to” the Buccaneers with the second-half kickoff — that is, having placekicker Harrison Butker deliberately drop the ball in the landing zone to force a return.
“The kick was perfect,” special teams coordinator Dave Toub told reporters on Thursday. “It was inside the 5-yard line. Butker can kick a touchback at will — so when he does put it in there, it’s on purpose. He put it inside the five directionally. We just didn’t make the play.