Packers Brian Gutekunst comfortable decision to sign Brandon McManus

McManus has denied the allegations from the start.

The Packers released rookie kicker Brayden Narveson to clear a spot on their roster for McManus. Narveson was cleared off waivers by the Tennessee Titans before Week 1, but made just 12 of 17 punts and missed a kick in four of his first six games, including a 44-yarder Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. Each of Narveson’s missed kicks were within 50 yards.

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Gutekunst said he believes Narveson will be a good NFL kicker down the road, but his inconsistencies have been a problem for a team looking to compete this season.

“He’s a very skilled kicker,” Gutekunst said of McManus, who has made 81.4% of his 311 career field goal attempts. “He has been in very high-pressure situations and has been kicking for a long time in an all-weather open-air stadium. So he just has a lot of experience, very talented, very gifted, very strong legs. So he’s been in the fire, he’s had the ups and downs that all kickers go through, and he’s come out the other side.”