The 2024 season will be a huge season for the Green Bay Packers for several reasons. They will have a chance to have a special season as long as everything falls into place. The offense has the potential to be a top-10 offense in the NFL.
Green Bay made several changes to the defense as they switched from a 3-4 scheme to a 4-3 scheme. The special teams hopes it can also be better this season. The Green Bay Packers have not won the NFC North title for the past two seasons and they hope to reclaim that crown this season.
Head coach Matt LaFleur and general manager Brian Gutekunst will also have a lot of decisions to make with the roster between now and when the regular season begins. There will be some players this season that will have to prove themselves.
Green Bay Packers Kicker Anders Carlson With The Most To Prove In 2024
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This summer, there is a kicking battle between three players: Anders Carlson, Greg Joseph, and Jack Podlesny. It appears as if for now Carlson is responding well. Anders Carlson was a sixth-round pick for the Green Bay Packers in 2023.
He missed kicks at the worst possible time in the playoffs last season for the Packers. It could be one of the reasons why they lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round. Carlson is only 23 years old.
Brian Sampson of dairylandexpress.com thinks that kicker Anders Carlson has a lot to prove this season for the Green Bay Packers. Sampson said:
“The Packers consistently expressed unwavering faith in rookie kicker Anders Carlson last season. They felt confident he’d follow the same trajectory as his brother and develop into a Pro Bowl-caliber player.
It seems that faith has already wavered, as they brought in not one, but two kickers for competition this offseason. Carlson will be challenged every single day and his job is certainly on the line.
He only made 27 of his 33 field goal attempts and 34 of his 39 extra-point attempts as a rookie. The worst part is his play seemed to decline as the season went on, not get stronger. It was one thing for a rebuilding team to have a rookie kicker still establishing himself.
However, the Packers have higher expectations in 2024 and can’t afford a kicker who can’t consistently put points on the board for them. Rich Bisaccia’s protection can only go so far.”
Anders Carlson should win the kicking job for the Green Bay Packers. It seems as if this kicking competition is only going to make him stronger moving forward. If he wins the job and then messes up early on in the season, it will be a whole different ball game.
