After placing Butker on their injured reserve list, the Chiefs signed rookie kicker Spencer Shrader off the New York Jets’ practice squad. Shrader should be expected to see action in all of Kansas City’s games while Butker is on the mend.

The Kansas City Chiefs (8-0) beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, but their chances of making the playoffs remained greater than 99 percent. A win next week would clinch a playoff berth. The table below represents the Chiefs’ remaining games. Pick a winner and see what happens to the Chiefs’ playoff chances:

Kansas City running back Isiah Pacheco (broken fibula) has been designated to return from injured reserve by the Chiefs. That does not necessarily mean he’ll be activated this week, but practice reports bear monitoring now. He has a 21-day practice ...