Kansas City Chiefs safety Justin Reid kicked an extra point in the preseason this summer to showcase his bonafides as the team’s emergency kicker. In Week 1, the Chiefs found themselves in an emergency.
Primary kicker and 2019 NFL scoring leader Harrison Butker was carted off to the locker room after sustaining a first quarter injury, leaving Kansas City without one of the league’s top specialists. That pushed Reid into double duty. After Patrick Mahomes hit Clyde Edwards-Helaire on a three-yard touchdown pass to take a 13-0 lead, head coach Andy Reid cashed in his insurance policy and gave one of his starting defenders the chance to attempt a kick in a game that counts.
