{"id":1950,"date":"2024-11-08T23:02:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T23:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2024-11-08T23:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T23:02:42","slug":"whats-the-next-step-for-green-bays-kicking-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1950","title":{"rendered":"What’s the Next Step For Green Bay’s Kicking Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Green Bay Packers are on bye this week, so let\u2019s take a temperature check on how the team\u2019s performed. In terms of DVOA, the Packers are eighth in offense, 13th in defense, and 27th in special teams. Overall, they\u2019ve been a solid team, certainly worthy of and on track for a playoff spot.<\/p>\n

However, it hasn\u2019t been all sunshine and roses in Lambeau.\u00a0Through nine weeks, the Packers have been the\u00a0sixth-most penalized team in the NFL. They\u2019ve also had significant special teams blunders,\u00a0like misfielded kicks and missed field goals. Ultimately, the Packers have shown potential but have been sloppy. After their loss to the Detroit Lions, Matt LaFleur alluded to their consistent play.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had good moments playing good complementary football\u2026 but I think some of the mistakes that we\u2019ve made in the last four games that we\u2019ve won showed up yesterday against a good football team. It\u2019s hard to overcome those in those moments. Detroit played a clean game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, Green Bay\u2019s special teams play has been cringe-worthy, something fans are all too familiar with. The Packers special teams unit has drawn eight penalties so far this year, which makes them one of the more penalized special teams operations in the NFL. Green Bay is also 31st in the NFL in field goal conversion percentage and sixth in the NFL in field goal attempts per game.<\/p>\n

The Packers have been kicking a lot and haven\u2019t been effective. A big part of the problem is Green Bay\u2019s offense in the red zone. The Packers are 29th in the NFL in scoring a touchdown in the red zone, only converting on 47.06% of their red-zone drives.\u00a0Ultimately, the preference is to have the offense regress positively and be\u00a0more effective in the red zone. In 2023, they were 17th in the NFL in red-zone conversion at 53.42%.\u00a0However, thus far, they have failed and put more pressure on the kicking operation.<\/p>\n

To start the year, the Packers had rookie Brayden Narveson, who went 12 for 17 (70.6%) on field goals and 16 for 16 on extra points \u2014 before getting cut before Week 7. They then signed Brandon McManus, an NFL veteran in his 11th season, who has gone 6 for 7 (85.7%) on field goals and 6 for 6 on extra points. McManus\u2019 one miss against the Lions was during a rainy and windy day from 46 yards out.<\/p>\n

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Brandon McManus just missed his first kick as a Packer. pic.twitter.com\/jPqIdZPLgf<\/a><\/p>\n

— SM Highlights (@SMHighlights1) November 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n