{"id":527864,"date":"2025-11-15T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/527864\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:00:15","slug":"with-quadriceps-injury-flaring-back-up-packers-add-veteran-kicker-brandon-mcmanus-to-injury-report-as-doubtful-meaning-its-likely-lucas-havrisik-time-again-top-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/527864\/","title":{"rendered":"With quadriceps injury flaring back up, Packers add veteran kicker Brandon McManus to injury report as doubtful \u2014 meaning it\u2019s likely Lucas Havrisik time again | Top Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

GREEN BAY \u2014 On Thursday, Brandon McManus was explaining how his troublesome right quadriceps, which has been an issue since he injured it in an Oct. 8 practice, felt \u201calmost back to normal\u201d<\/a> during Monday night\u2019s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n

Less than 48 hours later, the Green Bay Packers veteran kicker was added to the team\u2019s injury report as doubtful for Sunday\u2019s game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. \u2014 meaning Lucas Havrisik will almost certainly handle the kicking duties.<\/p>\n

McManus kicked during Friday\u2019s practice, and when he came to Lambeau Field on Saturday morning, he reported tightness in his quad to the team\u2019s athletic training\/medical staffs, an indication that Friday\u2019s kicking session had led to an aggravation or re-injuring of the key muscle in his kicking leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you work through the progression of being injured, obviously, the pain tolerances and everything get better and better,\u201d McManus had said after Thursday\u2019s practice, during which he does not normally kick at all. \u201cLast week was when I felt almost back to normal \u2014 pretty much back to normal. Pretty much no pain; didn\u2019t feel anything in my leg.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I\u2019m] definitely healthy now. I was healthy enough to play, and it was our decision from the medical [staff], how I was feeling at practice. And [I] look forward to performing the way I know how to.\u201d<\/p>\n

After going 20 for 21 on field-goal attempts and 30 for 30 on extra points last season, McManus has made only 11 of 17 field-goal attempts this season \u2014 the NFL\u2019s worst field-goal accuracy of any eligible kicker with 10 or more tries.<\/p>\n

Those six misses include the blocked field goal at Cleveland on Sept. 21 and Monday night\u2019s ill-conceived 64-yarder, which head coach Matt LaFleur should have called off in favor of a Hail Mary throw at the end of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McManus insisted Thursday that his recent struggles aren\u2019t because of his leg being weak or his pain threshold being an issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been upset with some of these easier kicks that I\u2019ve missed \u2014 [kicks] that are relatively easy for me. So, it\u2019s been disappointing,\u201d McManus said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I\u2019ve] been battling through that and going through the whole process of [that I] didn\u2019t have my normal weeks of practice. So, that part was frustrating. And then, obviously, my performance has been extremely frustrating \u2014 for me more than anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concern now would be that by aggravating the injury, McManus could be headed to injured reserve for the next four games, opening the door for Havrisik if he can continue what he did in his first two appearances.<\/p>\n

McManus missed the Packers\u2019 Oct. 12 win over Cincinnati and the team\u2019s Oct. 19 win at Arizona, with Havrisik, signed on Oct. 9, kicking in each of those games.<\/p>\n

McManus has been medically cleared to kick in each of the Packers\u2019 last three games \u2014 an Oct. 26 win at Pittsburgh, a Nov. 2 home loss to the Carolina Panthers and Monday night\u2019s home loss to the Philadelphia Eagles \u2014 while Havrisik has remained on the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n

Asked why the team continues to keep Havrisik if McManus is healthy and their clear-cut, no-questions-asked kicker, LaFleur replied, \u201cLucas is a really good young, up and coming kicker as well. So fortunately for us, we have the flexibility within our roster to carry two.\u201d<\/p>\n

And now, Havrisik will be pressed back into duty, having made all 10 of his kicks (six extra points, four field goals, including a franchise-record 61-yarder) while McManus was out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been nothing short of remarkable, in my opinion,\u201d LaFleur had said<\/a> leading up to McManus\u2019 return against the Steelers. \u201cHere\u2019s a guy who hadn\u2019t played within a team setting [since 2023].<\/p>\n

“Obviously, he\u2019d been kicking and going on the tryout circuit, but to actually have to go in there in high-pressure situations and make big-time kicks and to come through? I think has been pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n

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