Why isn’t Harrison Butker playing for the Chiefs against the Bills on week 11? Injury update

One of the highlight games from Sunday’s NFL offer is unquestionably the Bills Stadium clash as Kansas City Chiefs visit the Buffalo Bills in a game which sees Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen go head-to-head as the reigning NFL champions face the leaders of AFC East.

Kansas City come into the game on an unbeaten run with Andy Reid’s team having already beaten the likes of: Atlanta Falcons (22-17), the LA Chargers (17-10), the San Francisco 49ers (28-18) and the Las Vegas Raiders (27-20). In addition, they go into Sunday’s game after a dogged win against the Denver Broncos (14-16) at home.

For Sean McDermott’s team, the Bills have an 8-2 record to lead their division and this Sunday they will seek to make a statement in becoming the first side to topple the Chiefs in the 24/25 season

Bills fans will also be hoping to avenge last season’s playoff defeat when they lost to KC 27-24 and despite the fact that the Chiefs are undefeated in their three-peat campaign, but it hasn’t been easy or pretty at times. They needed a blocked field goal last week in Arrowhead against a Denver team that outplayed them for most of the game.

The Bills are looking the better of the two teams over the last month and a half. After a two game losing skid Buffalo has rattled off five straight wins scoring 30 or more points in four of those games. It’s a battle of two MVP candidates and two teams that will be aiming to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl in three months time.

No Butker in Buffalo

KC kicker Harrsion Butker will be a key absentee for the Chiefs after undergoing surgery on a meniscus trim.

“Surgery went great!” Butker tweeted Friday morning shortly after 10 a.m. “Thank you for the prayers (praying hands emoji)”.

Following the meniscus procedure, it’s expected that the player should be back in action in approximately a month and in his absence the Chiefs will turn to Spencer Shrader as their backup kicker.

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