The Green Bay Packers OTAs are always underway. There are a lot of questions heading into OTAs for Green Bay. Some of those questions are what will the offensive line look like, how is the new running back room, who’s the top wide receivers, etc.
However, one of the more interesting battles throughout OTAs and the entire summer will be the kicking competition. A season ago, Anders Carlson was the field goal kicker for the Green Bay Packers. During the regular season, he made 81.8% of his field goal attempts (27-of-33). From 20-39 yards out, he was a perfect 20-of-20.

When Carlson attempted a field goal from 40 yards out or more, he was 7-of-13. On extra point attempts, he was 34-of-39.
What Anders Carlson did in the postseason is what alarmed Green Bay Packers fans. He was 2-of-3 with field goals which was a 66.7% success rate. Carlson only made 8-of-13 extra points. He missed some huge kicks in the NFC Divisional Round against the San Francisco 49ers, which turned out to be large.
Green Bay Packers Currently Have Three Kickers On the Roster and Will See Where That Battle Goes

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The Packers have brought in some stiff kicking competition to compete with Anders Carlson to win the kicking job for the 2024 NFL season. Green Bay had to do this after what transpired last postseason.
Wendell Ferreira of A to Z Sports wrote about the Green Bay Packers kicking competition heading into OTAs by saying:
“The Packers decided to enter OTAs with a rare three-player competition at kicker. It’s yet to be known if they will keep all of Anders Carlson, Greg Joseph, and Jack Podlesny into training camp. Kicker is a unique position, and OTAs can be really impactful for the competition. The player can show what they are capable of, and maybe general manager Brian Gutekunst decides to cut one of them before the pads come on.”
Greg Joseph a season ago was the kicker for the Minnesota Vikings. He was 24-of-30 on field goal attempts and 36-of-38 on extra points. His longest field goal kicked a season ago was 54 yards. Joseph is 29 years old and Carlson is 25 years old.

Earlier in 2024, the Green Bay Packers signed Jack Podlesny. He was an undrafted free agent signed by the Minnesota Vikings in 2023 out of Georgia. Minnesota released him during training camp. Podlesny nailed 61-of-74 field goals (82.4%) in three seasons with the Georgia Bulldogs.
It will be interesting to see how this training camp and OTAs battle with the field goal kickers are going to. There will be no clear cut winner for this and it is going to take all summer long for the Green Bay Packers to decide this.