Green Bay Packers kicker Brandon McManus has been playing very poorly this season, a point of frustration for fans who watched McManus’ injury replacement, Lucas Havrisik, set the franchise record for the longest field goal made in club history at 61 yards in his last appearance with the team. Since returning from injury, McManus has missed three additional field goals in two games, which head coach Matt LaFleur has explained away as just “kickers miss kicks.”

On Thursday, McManus was not listed as limited on the Packers’ injury report, but LaFleur did say he was opening up the kicking competition, allowing both kickers to kick in the same practice, after voicing support for McManus. Still, Green Bay has gone out of its way to keep both McManus and Havrisik on the 53-man roster for well o

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