Amid the recent struggles of Harrison Butker, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Justin Tucker to their practice squad, and former Super Bowl champion offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz can't believe it.
Schwartz reacted to the signing on X, formerly Twitter, writing, “GTFOH,” which likely stands for “get the f**k out of here,” and following it up with “WHAT?!?”
He followed his initial post with another, calling out Ian Rapoport's report. Schwartz sarcastically said that Tucker “has quite the resume,” asking, “Shall we look at what the Google machine pulls up for the last couple years?” calling out his sexual misconduct allegations, which resulted in a 10-game suspension from the NFL.
“Hmmm, 16 allegations of sexual misconduct, a 10 game suspension from the NFL, and a terrible 73% on FGs in 2024. I feel like this is a Norm Macdonald bit ‘wow that’s the first I’m hearing of this!'” said Schwartz.
Schwartz didn't stop there. He called it “hilarious that in the original tweet he references the suspension but gives no mention of why there was a suspension of what Tucker did!” He asked, “Why are we hiding this?!?”
These are fair questions that Chiefs general manager Brett Veach will have to answer. It remains to be seen whether he will ever get elevated from the practice squad.
Why did Chiefs sign Justin Tucker?
The Chiefs signed Tucker as an insurance policy on the 31-year-old Butker. The once-reliable Butker has struggled this year. Through six games, he has only made 68.8% (11 of 16) of his field goal attempts and has missed an extra point.
Tucker was signed after Butker missed two field goals in the Chiefs' first loss of the year to the Seattle Seahawks. He was far from the only problem, but leaving six points on the board didn't help. He has only made two of his six attempts from beyond 50 yards as well.
Previously, Tucker spent the first 13 years of his NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens. However, he was released amid the controversies surrounding his sexual misconduct allegations. The Chiefs are the first team to sign him since he served his suspension last year.