The Green Bay Packers have officially signed kicker Brandon McManus and released current kicker Brayden Narveson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The team announced the roster moves on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Packers make change at kicker<\/p>\n
\u2014 Green Bay Packers (@packers) October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n What You Need To Know<\/p>\n The Green Bay Packers have officially signed kicker Brandon McManus and released current kicker Brayden Narveson The move comes after the\u00a0NFL said late last month<\/a>\u00a0it did not find sufficient evidence to support\u00a0claims that McManus sexually assaulted<\/a>\u00a0two women who were working as flight attendants on the Jacksonville Jaguars\u2019 trip to London last year. The league considers the case closed, paving the way for McManus to rejoin a team, though it could be reopened if new evidence emerged.<\/p>\n The civil case remains active in Duval County Circuit Court in Florida. A message sent to attorneys representing the women was not immediately returned.<\/p>\n In court documents initially filed in late May under pseudonyms and\u00a0then again in early September<\/a>\u00a0using their names when\u00a0a judge ruled<\/a>\u00a0the lawsuit did not meet the criteria for anonymity, the women allege McManus tried to kiss one of them and rubbed up against both while they were trying to perform their work responsibilities during the Sept. 28, 2023, trans-Atlantic flight. The team was on its way to play a pair of games in England.<\/p>\n McManus signed with Washington as a free agent in March and was on the Commanders’ roster when the lawsuit was filed.\u00a0They released him<\/a>\u00a0soon after.<\/p>\n The 33-year-old joins Green Bay in the aftermath of rookie\u00a0Narveson<\/a>\u00a0missing his league-worst fifth field goal this season\u00a0Sunday in a 34-13 victory<\/a>\u00a0over Arizona. The Packers have struggled to find a reliable kicker since moving on from Mason Crosby, who held down the job from 2007-22 and remains the franchise\u2019s all-time leading scorer.<\/p>\n Green Bay selected Anders Carlson out of Auburn in the sixth round of the 2023 draft, but he capped an inconsistent rookie season by missing a 41-yard field goal in the fourth quarter of a 24-21 playoff loss at San Francisco. After Carlson and veteran Greg Joseph competed for the job in training camp, the Packers went in a different direction and claimed Narveson off waivers from the Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n Narveson was 12 of 17 on field goal attempts this season without attempting any from beyond 49 yards.<\/p>\n McManus, a Philadelphia native who played college football at Temple, spent his first nine years with Denver and was with the Broncos when they won the Super Bowl in the 2015 season. He played for Jacksonville in 2023.<\/p>\n The Packers in the roster moves also signed wide receiver Malik Knowles to the practice squad. Knowles was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2023 with the Minnesota Vikings. He spent his rookie season on reserve\/non-football injury. He finished as secondin the country in 2021 with two kickoff-return touchdowns. He’ll wear the No. 82 on the Packers.<\/p>\n
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The move comes after Brayden Narveson missed his NFL-worst fifth field goal attempt of the season Sunday
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It also follows the league saying late last month it did not find sufficient evidence to support claims that McManus sexually assaulted two women who were working as flight attendants on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ trip to London last year
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The Packers have struggled to find a reliable kicker since moving on from Mason Crosby<\/p>\n