On Labor Day, the Kansas City Chiefs didn’t have practice — thanks to placekicker Harrison Butker making a 64-yard field goal (just as far as Matt Prater’s NFL record kick in 2013) during one of last week’s practice sessions. But when Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub met with reporters on Thursday, he said that Butker is capable of hitting from 70 yards in favorable conditions.
“In the right conditions? Yeah, he could,” declared Toub. “In the pregame, if there was a strong wind behind us, he could certainly hit a 70-yarder. That kick that he made in practice wasn’t under a hard rush — and we did have a little wind behind us — [but] he probably would have made it from 68 yards if you looked at how far it went.