Chiefs still are perfect
Butker’s go-ahead field goal with eight seconds left helps the team improve to 4-0.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After Harrison Butker missed the first field-goal try of his NFL career, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid walked to the rookie and prepared to instill a bit of confidence.
“He said, ‘I got it. I got it. I was just off a tad,’ ” Reid said of the exchange with Butker. “He kind of gives you that feeling that everything’s going to be OK.”
Butker responded to his first-half miss Monday night by making three field goals in the second half, the last a go-ahead 43-yard kick with eight seconds to play that helped Kansas City beat the Washington Redskins 29-20 and remain the only unbeaten team in the NFL.
“I didn’t have butterflies. I felt confident,” said Butker, who was claimed off the Carolina practice squad to replace injured kicker Cairo Santos. “I knew it was going to come down to a field goal. I felt pretty calm.”
The Chiefs (4-0) put an exclamation point on the victory when linebacker Justin Houston picked up a fumble as the Redskins (3-2) were trying to keep the game alive and returned it for a game-ending touchdown.
Alex Smith threw for 293 yards and a touchdown, with his 37-yard strike to Albert Wilson on a broken play setting up Butker’s go-ahead kick. Smith scored on a oneyard run in the third quarter.
Travis Kelce had seven catches for 111 yards and a touchdown for the Chiefs, and rookie Kareem Hunt carried 21 times for 101 yards.
Kirk Cousins had 220 yards passing and two touchdowns, but his throw to the end zone with 50 seconds left was dropped by Josh Doctson and forced the Redskins to kick a field goal.
Cornerback Josh Norman has a “significant” rib injury and will miss a “couple of weeks,” Redskins coach Jay Gruden told ESPN’s Lisa Salters.