Green bay packers: on wednesday, the green bay packers announced the signing of kicker jack Podlesny, a rookie free agent, to their offseason 90-man roster.
A new leg is coming to wisconsin less than a week after anders carlson’s crushing 41-yard miss in the packers’ 24—21 divisional-round playoff loss to the san francisco 49ers.podlesny, pronounced pod-lez-knee, was originally signed with the minnesota vikings as an undrafted rookie but was released last summer. Podlesny, a two-time national champion at georgia, will face carlson, a 2023 sixth-round pick from auburn, for the starting spot in 2024.
since carlson led the nfl in missed extra-point attempts and missed at least one kick in ten of the packers’ past 12 games (including the playoffs), the green bay packers have signed jack podlesny. Jayne kamin-oncea/usa today the former bulldog won first-team all-sec honors in his final year by hitting 60 of 73 field goals (82.2%) and 182 of 184 extra-point attempts (98.9%).
In an end-of-season press conference, packers coach matt lafleur addressed his team’s kicker situation, reportedly out of context after recently making headlines for a comment about carlson that was reportedly taken out of context. “we want competition at every level, so we’re always going to bring in competition,” lafleur said on monday. “i’m a firm believer that competition brings out the best in one another,” he said.
