Brandon McManus

[OldSchool101]

I just think when you come in perform well in a live game it sinks in a little bit there when your primary K has an injury ? Lucas punched his ticket
Havrisik is pretty accurate in closer, but moreso inside 40 yards. 100%. Not stellar XPM at 88% career but not awful.
As far as kicks outside of 40+ he’s 5/10 career including past 50 yards, so he gets a little shaky on longer Kicks.
Also McNanamee? was not very impressive at all. I don’t think anyone really wanted him coming in to attempt a game winner.

This also speaks to our stressing thr importance of player Health and in particular we need McNamath healthy. If for any reason McNamath has a setback, I don’t feel at all nervous about Havrisick. He can get us through several games if needed and he’s getting paid either way.

 

[Voyageur]

Eh Hav is still on roster so that doesn’t matter. I wonder if McNamee asked for this even possibly since they didn’t have him come up…perhaps he didn’t want to be the token Extreme Emergency charity case given his IPP classification….no clue.

I have a few messages in to contacts to see if I can get any reasons…

No need to release him unless they're certain McManus will be playing and they need the roster spot. Who knows? They might even keep him around to do kick offs for another week, and any kicks over a longer distance to ensure McManus doesn't reinjure himself.

 

[Thirteen Below]

Eh Hav is still on roster so that doesn’t matter. I wonder if McNamee asked for this even possibly since they didn’t have him come up…perhaps he didn’t want to be the token Extreme Emergency charity case given his IPP classification….no clue.

I have a few messages in to contacts to see if I can get any reasons…

Oh, damn it, that was stupid of me. I'm distracted, and got the two kickers mixed up for a moment. Thanks!

 

[OldSchool101]

Also our blocking was better on Punt/ FG units. Rich needs to do that consistently going forward.

 

[milani]

I just think when you come in perform well in a live game it sinks in a little bit there when your primary K has an injury ? Lucas punched his ticket
Havrisik is pretty accurate in closer, but moreso inside 40 yards. 100%. Not stellar XPM at 88% career but not awful.
As far as kicks outside of 40+ he’s 5/10 career including past 50 yards, so he gets a little shaky on longer Kicks.
Also McNanamee? was not very impressive at all. I don’t think anyone really wanted him coming in to attempt a game winner.

This also speaks to our stressing thr importance of player Health and in particular we need McNamath healthy. If for any reason McNamath has a setback, I don’t feel at all nervous about Havrisick. He can get us through several games if needed and he’s getting paid either way.

Lucas was accurate. His FGs did not appear to be the boomers but they were on the money. McManus has 2 plus 50s this year. Both were crucial.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I’m betting this means we are for sure going to add a kicker to the PS. Whether that is Hav if he clears waiver or someone else.

I think that is clearly the right move. With 16/17 spots, a team would be half nuts or full on Snickers, not to carry a K on their Practice Squad. In the Packers case, they are now just carrying 2, on their 53 man roster, which will change once McManus is healthy again.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

We will no longer be using the IPP I assume unless I grossly misunderstood and we can add a new one.

I wonder if this is the case. The article I posted seemed to make it sound like a new IPP player could be put on the Practice Squad. In either case, in the grand scheme of things, I doubt such a move would impact the 2025 Packers. Unless, there is some major undiscovered football talent hiding in the Jungles of Nairobi?

 

[Heyjoe4]

Was going to say the same thing in response. Efe Obada, Jordan Mailata, and Jakob Johnson appear to be the most successful IPP players. I think the program was intended to get more interest in the NFL *Cough, Cough, money* from places outside of the U.S.

If the Packers see great potential in McNamee, might pay off in the future.

Ya gotta hand it to the NFL when it comes to monetizing the business. Absolute masters of their domain.

 

[Voyageur]

Has Havrasik cleared waivers yet? If he has, the Packers might even look at making a hole on the PS for him, if it looks like McManus might not be ready this week. Just guessing here that he'd be willing to take a paycheck for a couple of weeks. He's planning on being a substitute teacher so the pay would be pretty good by comparison.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Eh Hav is still on roster so that doesn’t matter. I wonder if McNamee asked for this even possibly since they didn’t have him come up…perhaps he didn’t want to be the token Extreme Emergency charity case given his IPP classification….no clue.

I have a few messages in to contacts to see if I can get any reasons…

"Token Extreme Emergency Charity Case" - That's funny. And yeah, if Havrisik is still with the team, it's unlikely McManus will be available Sunday. Bummer, especial if the team keeps playing below its collective pay grade. Arizona is better than Cincinnati IMO, and Murray can always cause trouble.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Has Havrasik cleared waivers yet? If he has, the Packers might even look at making a hole on the PS for him, if it looks like McManus might not be ready this week. Just guessing here that he'd be willing to take a paycheck for a couple of weeks. He's planning on being a substitute teacher so the pay would be pretty good by comparison.

Ty mentioned he's still on the roster, so he'll probably play Sunday.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Ya gotta hand it to the NFL when it comes to monetizing the business. Absolute masters of their domain.

Pretty easy, when you are light years ahead of any competition that dares to try and invade your monopolized market.

If someday the NCAA decides that their are no scholastic requirements and does away with the current 4 years of eligibility, the NFL might feel a squeeze on their market. That said, would OSU donors fork over enough to keep a star QB on their team for $75M a year? Probably not.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Has Havrasik cleared waivers yet? If he has, the Packers might even look at making a hole on the PS for him, if it looks like McManus might not be ready this week. Just guessing here that he'd be willing to take a paycheck for a couple of weeks. He's planning on being a substitute teacher so the pay would be pretty good by comparison.

No doubt that once McManus is healthy, Hav will be cut. If he clears waivers, then he would be the clear choice for the Packers to sign to the PS.

 

[Heyjoe4]

I will just put this right here for @tynimiller and everyone else to see.

Packers release international exemption

Mark McNamee is out, meaning that Lucas Havrisik is the Packers’ number two kicker moving forward.

www.acmepackingcompany.com

Thanks for the intel. I didn't see this. As long as they don't have to keep an international player around, this makes sense. Backup kickers are hard to find, and Havrisik did what he needed to do last Sunday.

Not sure if McManus will be ready Sunday. Hope so.

 

[Voyageur]

Ty mentioned he's still on the roster, so he'll probably play Sunday.

I stand corrected. You're right. The article was a mistake on their part. They were identifying the international player cut from the PS as being Havrisik. Thanks for correction. I do think that when McManus is back, they will try to stash him though because leg injuries have this nasty way of cropping up again after we do physical things again.

 

[Heyjoe4]

I stand corrected. You're right. The article was a mistake on their part. They were identifying the international player cut from the PS as being Havrisik. Thanks for correction. I do think that when McManus is back, they will try to stash him though because leg injuries have this nasty way of cropping up again after we do physical things again.

Credit goes to Poker for catching this one.