Butker has struggled this season, making just 11 of 16 field-goal attempts, with four of his misses coming over his last four games.Amid those woes, the team brought in Tucker to provide competition, but Toub remained steadfast in his support of Butker."Butker is our kicker," Toub told reporters on Thursday.
"We’re trying to improve, we’re trying to get Butker right.That’s what this whole thing is about."CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEKansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker reacts after missing a field goal attempt during the first half of an NFL game against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday, Oct.
25, 2026.(AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Toub said Butker has performed well in practice this week despite windy conditions and Tucker’s presence."He went 10-for-10 yesterday with Tucker standing right there," Toub said.
"And he went 10-for-10.On a windy day, it was 28-mile-an-hour gusts yesterday, and he went 10-for-10.
And I thought right before out to practice, I was going, ‘This poor bastard,’ I mean, it’s 28-mile-an-hour gusts and he’s got to go out there and try to — and he did it.He went 10-for-10, so that’s a good thing.
So we’re going to keep working it."The Chiefs worked out Ben Sauls, Harrison Mevis and Tucker, and Toub was asked why the team chose the former Baltimore Ravens kicker."Because (Justin Tucker) he is a good kicker.And I've heard he's been out making the rounds, and we talk.
All the special teams coaches talk.He had four workouts before we brought—we were his fifth workout, tryout.
And the word was that he was hitting the ball great, and I wanted to see it.I always thought he was a great kicker, and those two guys right now, Harrison and him, they idolized each other in the league when they were kicking together.
He was out there, he did his 10-game suspension, so he was available, we brought him in," Toub said.BOBBY BURACK: JUSTIN TUCKER SIGNING EXPOSES SPORTS MEDIA’S SELECTIVE OUTRAGE OVER NFL MISCO...