The Green Bay Packers traded as Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers seamlessly replaced starter Jordan Love, but they’ve had a tougher generation replacing the franchise’s famous all-time scorer, kicker Mason Crosby.
That’s why Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst signed remote agent kicker Brandon McManus later one year, the team announced Wednesday. He will soon become the Packers’ kicker, as the club excused long-suffering Brayden Narveson. The Packers (4-2) have a big matchup against the Texans (5-1) on Sunday afternoon.
The 2024 season would be the 33-year-old McManus’ 11th NFL season, after nine with the Denver Broncos to begin his 2014-2022 career and close the season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was the kicker for the Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 championship team in the 2015 season. His 253 field goals rank fourth most in the NFL between 2014 and 2023, behind the Ravens’ most effective kicker, Justin Tucker (327), Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein (280) and Cardinals kicker Matt Prater (259) in their career span. occupation. McManus is 208-for-229 on grassland targets within 50 yards in his 10-year tenure for a 90.8% grassland feature ratio.
The Washington Commanders signed him to a one-year contract in March but reduced it in June after he was the subject of a lawsuit alleging sexual assault. McManus Will probably be eligible to play games for the Packers in a heartbeat A league investigation later found inadequate evidence to support a violation of the NFL’s personal habits policy.
“For us, obviously, he wouldn’t be available right now if those allegations hadn’t existed, but I think the league did a thorough investigation,” Gutekunst said, according to The Athletic on Wednesday. “We leaned into that as we went along. Sure, our research was really related to that. At the same time, obviously, with every acquisition we make we have to go through those things.”
Crosby’s initial successor was Anders Carlson, a 2023 sixth-round pick who made 27 of his 33 targets on grass as a rookie but was excused during recent roster cuts this summer. Green Bay claimed former Tennessee Titans kicker Brayden Narveson off waivers after the preseason, and the undrafted remote agent’s 70.6% outfield work percentage (12 of 17) this regular season ranked as the second lowest in the NFL in six weeks, ahead. from Zeurlein’s 66.7% figure (8 out of 12).
The bulky residue the Packers need to see in moving to McManus is sub-50-yard accuracy. The 33-year-old’s 90.8% grassland work percentage below 50 yards is a growth from Carlson’s 85.7% (24-28) and Narveson’s 70.6% (12-17). Green Bay did not believe Narveson would attempt a grass job of fifty yards or more in the first six weeks of the 2024 season.
