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GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2014 The Green Bay Packers have signed kicker Lucas Havrisik to their active roster to give themselves a contingency plan in case Brandon McManus\u2019 quadriceps injury prevents him from playing Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Green Bay (2-1-1) released an injury report Friday that listed McManus as questionable. Packers coach Matt LaFleur called the situation a \u201cmajor concern\u201d on Thursday, though McManus took issue with that remark and said he planned on playing against Cincinnati (2-3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHe didn\u2019t speak to me about that, so he has his own thesaurus, encyclopedia to describe injuries,\u201d McManus said Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LaFleur was asked about the injury again Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve got to check my thesaurus, apparently,\u201d LaFleur quipped. \u201cBut any time a kicker \u2014 I don\u2019t care, that\u2019s what I was trying to tell him \u2014 yeah, you\u2019ve dealt with this. Well, we haven\u2019t, and I haven\u2019t in my experience. If you\u2019re a kicker and your leg is bothering you, that\u2019s a problem. It\u2019s no different than a quarterback that has something with their throwing arm or throwing shoulder. That is a concern. Whether or not you can work yourself through it, time will tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

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McManus hurt his quad in practice on Wednesday and was limited in practice the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI had kickoffs earlier in the day and then I was warming up for field goals, I kind of felt a tug against my quad,\u201d McManus said. \u201cI gave it a couple minutes, tried again and I just shut it down for the day. I didn\u2019t want to make it worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 26-year-old Havrisik appeared in nine games with the Los Angeles Rams in 2023 and went 15 of 20 on field-goal attempts and 19 of 22 on extra points. He has been part of the practice squads for the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He played 10 games for the United Football League\u2019s Dallas Renegades earlier this year and went 22 of 25 on field-goal attempts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In other moves Sunday, the Packers signed offensive tackle Brant Banks to the practice squad and released defensive lineman Deslin Alexandre from the practice squad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Banks appeared in two games with the Packers earlier this season. The Tennessee Titans claimed him off waivers on Oct. 1 but released him eight days later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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