The Green Bay Packers still have a decision to make on who will win the team’s kicker competition for the upcoming 2024 NFL season. For Zach Kruse of Packers Wire, the level of concern in the position is high, giving it a “9 out of 10’ in terms of how worried people should be about that kicker situation, regardless of who between Anders Carlson and Greg Joseph ends up with the job.
Anders Carlson and Greg Joseph started training camp strong, but the competition turned concerning rather quickly. Both kickers had a rough past week, and Joseph missed the Packers’ only kick attempt in Denver. Entering the final week, Carlson and Joseph are both hovering around 80 percent on kicks.
Not good enough. A kicker scores points, and any miss is a lost opportunity — as the Packers found out the hard way to end the 2023 season. Maybe the Packers are just reaping what they sowed; Carlson and Joseph have always been talented but inconsistent kickers. Unless one of the two gets hot this week, the Packers might have to look outside the current roster for the Week 1 kicker. That’s a scary proposition for a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
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After defying expectations by winning nine games and making the NFL Playoffs in their first season in the Post-Aaron Rodgers Era, the Packers are pressured to sustain that form – and be better, even. A kicker will always have an important job, especially in the playoffs when every point matters, so at the very least, Green Bay will have to hope that its kicker of choice will prove the naysayers and erase doubts in the coming season.
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