Brandon McManus

[lambeaulambo]

Allright Mac, youre in and the Narve dawg is OUT.

 

[OldSchool101]

He’s actually pretty accurate. I like him. The primary reason he’s 81% is you could see how they pressed him on 50+ Kicks. Great leg his long is 61 and he’s near automatic closer in.
They obviously trusted him to make long kicks

 

[Zartan]

Hope third times the charm..

 

[Sanguine camper]

I like the fact that he's a veteran kicker. He's kicked in big games and should be used to pressure. The bar has been set very low by Carlson and Narveson. If McManus can hit his career 81% average that will look pretty good. Let's hope the third time is the charm.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I just hope he's done trying to join the Mile High Club.

 

[OldSchool101]

I just hope he's done trying to join the Mile High Club.

As his Attorney I would be forced to tell the truth about my own trauma.

As far as “Personal Space” let me tell ya about Personal up in Space. Why just my last flight on American Airkines.. this fat guy stuck his rear right into me as I sat trying to protect myself, all the while stowing his carry on. That alone should’ve been a $5mil Compensation. I Can’t unforget this!

If everytime someone brushed up against me on a flight was battery? I’d be richer than Rickey Rich on Lifestyles of the Richey and Famous

If everyone that called me inappropriate names or disregarded the sanctity of my vIrgun ears was deemed criminal? 1/3 of the Employees I’ve worked with would be serving time behind bars.
and NO! I am NOT your Sweetie!!

 

[BrokenArrow]

I would have rather gone with Riley Patterson, but either way, he's an upgrade.

 

[Thirteen Below]

I especially like that he's not only a proven kicker in big games, but he played almost his entire career in an open-air stadium in Denver. If it's 4 below zero or snowing in a playoff game at Lambeau, and we're down 2 points with 14 seconds to go, I'm not going to start crying uncontrollably as he trots out onto the field.

I just wonder if we're making the right move by cutting Narveson and keeping Hale on the practice squad. With that atomic leg of Narveson, if he ever does pull himself together and play up to his potential, it'd shorten the field 5-8 yards on every drive. That'd be a nice thing to have under contract for the next 10 years.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

As his Attorney I would be forced to tell the truth about my own trauma.

As far as “Personal Space” let me tell ya about Personal up in Space. Why just my last flight on American Airkines.. this fat guy stuck his rear right into me as I sat trying to protect myself, all the while stowing his carry on. That alone should’ve been a $5mil Compensation. I Can’t unforget this!

If everytime someone brushed up against me on a flight was battery? I’d be richer than Rickey Rich on Lifestyles of the Richey and Famous

If everyone that called me inappropriate names or disregarded the sanctity of my vIrgun ears was deemed criminal? 1/3 of the Employees I’ve worked with would be serving time behind bars.
and NO! I am NOT your Sweetie!!

Ok Rodney!

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[Pokerbrat2000]

I just wonder if we're making the right move by cutting Narveson and keeping Hale on the practice squad. With that atomic leg of Narveson, if he ever does pull himself together and play up to his potential, it'd shorten the field 5-8 yards on every drive. That'd be a nice thing to have under contract for the next 10 years.

I said the same thing, about putting Narveson on the PS, if they think he will eventually will be a consistent kicker. My guess is this. They still could, but probably won't. First, you now have 3 kickers (with Hale) every practice and that might be more work/time/financials than they want to devote to the position. Second, they wouldn't use one of their 4 protection designations for him, so at any time, he could get plucked by another team.

I would say the damage is done, best to break from him. If they get word from some remote Island in the Pacific Ocean that he and his buddy Wilson are looking good, then bring him back.

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[OldSchool101]

I would say the damage is done, best to break from him. If they get word from some remote Island in the Pacific Ocean that he and his buddy Wilson are looking good, then bring him back.

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I agree with all of this. I especially agree with letting him go for another reason. There’s an obvious innate risk that these opportunities have for a PK in relation to some guarantee and that’s comes in both monetary and non monetary form.

McManus is a seasoned Veteran in that he’s expecting some assurances at least short term. Having a 2-way or
3-way competition doesn’t help to employ his services. I think that would be almost disingenuous to keep Narveson (nothing personal Narvey) unless McManus been here for 3-4 weeks and had problems or some issue.
Yes there’s a risk for all players and we all know that they are betting on themselves long term. However we’re talking about initiating Employment and that might have even been a verbal condition by his Agent. It would be for me. I’m not dropping my life for a 2-week “tryout” if that makes sense?

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I agree with all of this. I especially agree with letting him go for another reason. There’s an obvious innate risk that these opportunities have for a PK in relation to some guarantee and that’s comes in both monetary and non monetary form.

McManus is a seasoned Veteran in that he’s expecting some assurances at least short term. Having a 2-way or
3-way competition doesn’t help to employ his services. I think that would be almost disingenuous to keep Narveson (nothing personal Narvey) unless McManus been here for 3-4 weeks and had problems or some issue.
Yes there’s a risk for all players and we all know that they are betting on themselves long term. However we’re talking about initiating Employment and that might have even been a verbal condition by his Agent. It would be for me. I’m not dropping my life for a 2-week “tryout” if that makes sense?

Agree and lets face it, would the Packers really bring Narveson back to the 53 (this season) if McManus didn't work out?

 

[OldSchool101]

Agree and lets face it, would the Packers really bring Narveson back to the 53 (this season) if McManus didn't work out?

no

We know now that the only chance Narveson had was to string some games without miss. Even then he was speculative

 

[Magooch]

A small point of consideration: It's true that McManus' career ~81% FG percentage is not exceptional by today's standard. But in looking at kick distribution and such....so far this year we have not trusted Narveson enough to even *attempt* anything over 50+ yards. McManus for his career is 91% at 49 yards and under. That is a massive upgrade on what we've had thus far AND does also allow for the possibility of some longer attempts.

 

[Magooch]

Gutekunst also said today that the team looked at the NFL's investigation and "conducted their own research" into the accusations against McManus - and "needed to hear it from [McManus] himself" before making the deal.

Makes me wonder if the team hasn't been doing some digging on the matter for a while and finally got to a point where they were either A.) comfortable enough with what their investigations revealed; B.) desperate enough to hope for the best; or C.) a little of both.
In any case I don't think it's a decision we'd be making in a day or two that hadn't been in the works for some time.

 

[Voyageur]

As his Attorney I would be forced to tell the truth about my own trauma.

As far as “Personal Space” let me tell ya about Personal up in Space. Why just my last flight on American Airkines.. this fat guy stuck his rear right into me as I sat trying to protect myself, all the while stowing his carry on. That alone should’ve been a $5mil Compensation. I Can’t unforget this!

If everytime someone brushed up against me on a flight was battery? I’d be richer than Rickey Rich on Lifestyles of the Richey and Famous

If everyone that called me inappropriate names or disregarded the sanctity of my vIrgun ears was deemed criminal? 1/3 of the Employees I’ve worked with would be serving time behind bars.
and NO! I am NOT your Sweetie!!

Come on sweet cheeks! You know you are!

 

[milani]

I like the fact that he's a veteran kicker. He's kicked in big games and should be used to pressure. The bar has been set very low by Carlson and Narveson. If McManus can hit his career 81% average that will look pretty good. Let's hope the third time is the charm.

And let us hope the off field events do not play mind games with him. That can create a lot of stress.

 

[El Guapo]

Makes me wonder if the team hasn't been doing some digging on the matter for a while and finally got to a point where they were either A.) comfortable enough with what their investigations revealed; B.) desperate enough to hope for the best; or C.) a little of both.

This article says that the Packers had been looking into him for a while and that the NFL just wrapped up its own investigation: "Last week when these things got cleared up within the league and he got past some other things, those conversations kinda picked up,” Gutekunst said, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com."

Brian Gutekunst on Brandon McManus: We did our due diligence, feel good about where sit right now

The Packers officially signed kicker Brandon McManus on Wednesday morning and General Manager Brian Gutekunst discussed the decision to bring him to Green Bay later in the day.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Pugger]

His off the field issues aside, he is an upgrade and probably the best available at this point in the season. He can't be any worse. *knock on wood*

 

[milani]

His off the field issues aside, he is an upgrade and probably the best available at this point in the season. He can't be any worse. *knock on wood*

We have had more metal doinks than wood so far. The wood won't hurt.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

McManus will wear #17. Hope it brings him more luck than it did Anders.

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[OldSchool101]

Another couple of points. McManus has attempted 82 Kicks from 50+
Yes 45/82 or 54.9%. Excluding a very limited Rookie season, here’s his Longs each season starting in 2015
57, 55, 53, 53, 53, 58, 61, 55, 56

In his last 5 Seasons his 50+ Kicks boast a 59.3% Success rate (61 Long)

In 2023 finished 35/35 XPM (tied #1)

 

[OldSchool101]

McManus in POSTSEASON?

20-29 1/1 100%
30-39 4/4 100%
40-49 3/3 100%
50-59 2/2 100% (52 Long)
XPM 3/3 100%

13 Tries 13 Strikes

 

[Magooch]

For what it’s worth, Gute said he’s “very, very comfortable” with us signing him.

McManus, his attorney, and Tony Buzbee (who was representing the two plaintiffs) have all said at this point the matter is “resolved”. Whether that means the civil case was dropped or settled outside of court, I’m not sure, but in whatever case it seems to be over.

 

[Thirteen Below]

I said the same thing, about putting Narveson on the PS, if they think he will eventually will be a consistent kicker. My guess is this. They still could, but probably won't.

As of tonight, I still don't believe they've made the move, which seems odd. Nothing's been announced as far as I know, but the unoffifical word yesterday was that Narveson's getting cut and Hale statys with the PS.

I probably am biased (because I was impressed with Narveson's personal story and work ethic, and really wanted him to do well), but I feel he has a lot of potential. I was hoping he might have a good future if he could spend the rest of the season working on his game with the practice squad, without the pressure of game situations.

I don't know much at all about Hale, but I guess if Gutekunst thinks he's got a better furture than Narveson, he probably knows a little bit more about the situation than I do.