NFL fans have brutally trolled Harrison Butker after it emerged the Kansas City Chiefs may protect their controversial kicker from tackles next season.
New kickoff rules to be introduced next season will mean kickers could realistically be involved in more bone-crunching hits – and the Chiefs want to protect their star man at all costs.
This had led to a flurry of taunts aimed at Butker on social media – who sparked major controversy earlier this month for a misogynistic speech given at a college’s graduation ceremony.
He told graduates at Benedictine College that women should prioritize being ‘homemakers’ instead of pursuing careers, while also taking aim at the LGBTQ+ community, abortion advocates and more in an opinion-dividing speech.
Those views, coupled with the Chiefs’ insistence that they will take him out of the firing line, led many on social media to mock Butker.
NFL fans trolled Harrison Butker after it emerged the Chiefs may protect him from tackles
‘Imagine being so masculine your coach is openly saying he’s taking you off the field if there’s any chance you could find yourself coming into contact with another player,’ wrote one fan.
‘As Butker stated himself “be masculine, do things that are hard”. Let him tackle’, added a second.
A third wrote: ‘A real man would just make the tackle’.
Another commented: ‘Now he can spend more time doing what really makes him happy – raising a family.’
‘Maybe they could get a masculine man to take the spot of Butker?’ another comment read.
The NFL has distanced itself from Butker’s comments. The league said the comments and ‘views are not those of the NFL as an organization.’
NFL fans brutally trolled Harrison Butker after it emerged he could be protected from tackles