Chiefs’ Harrison Butker coming through in clutch once again

— After three divisional playoff games had been decided on last-second field goals, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker had to know that fate was probably going to send him onto the field for a pressure-laden try against Buffalo on Sunday night. “As a kicker, I try to be ready for every moment,” Butker said, “whether that’s the first series, an extra point, the last series, a game-tying kick to go to overtime. And when you have 13 seconds, you’re going to need to be ready in a hurry.” Butker’s stone-cold kick on a chilly night at Arrowhead Stadium has been overshadowed by the back-and-forth drama of Mahomes and Buffalo counterpart Josh Allen, who might as well have been playing H-O-R-S-E the way they were going at it. Those numbers, along with his clutch performance Sunday night, are why the Chiefs signed Butker to a five-year, $20.275 million contract after his 2018 rookie season, making him one of the league’s highest-paid kickers. We knew that if we could just give ourselves a chance to get in Butker’s field-goal range, he was going to knock it in.” The 26-year-old Butker padded his franchise playoff scoring record, which now stands at 83 points — 14 field goals and 41 PATs in 11 career games.