{"id":13708,"date":"2024-10-17T06:12:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13708"},"modified":"2024-10-17T06:12:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:12:43","slug":"packers-gm-reveals-extra-step-made-before-signing-brandon-mcmanus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13708","title":{"rendered":"Packers GM reveals extra step made before signing Brandon McManus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Packers investigated the sexual assault allegations against Brandon McManus before signing the veteran kicker.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0delivered a thorough\u00a0beatdown of the Arizona Cardinals\u00a0in Week 6. With the win the team improved to 4-2 on the season. Second-year starter\u00a0Jordan Love is on fire, throwing four touchdown passes in back-to-back games and the team received\u00a0positive injury updates on its receivers. Everything was looking up for the Packers with one exception. Green Bay\u2019s kicking game has been lacking all season.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the\u00a0Packers officially made a change, dropping rookie kicker Brayden Narveson and signing Brandon McManus. The 12-year veteran had agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Commanders during the preseason but was\u00a0released when sexual assault allegations from his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars surfaced.<\/p>\n

However, Packers general manager\u00a0Brian Gutekunst\u00a0stressed the organization\u2019s efforts to vet the longtime Broncos\u2019 kicker before offering him a contract. Gutekunst said the team relied on the league\u2019s investigation while also conducting\u00a0their own research\u00a0into the allegations against McManus, according to ESPN\u2019s Rob Demovsky. Gutekunst wanted to hear about the accusations directly from McManus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a really good conversation with Brandon\u2026 When these things got cleared up with the league\u2026 and he got past some other things those conversations kinda picked up. Wanted to make sure we did our due diligence. Again, we feel really good about that\u2026 We\u2019re excited to get him out there,\u201d Gutekunst said via Demovsky. \u201cObviously he\u2019s a very experienced kicker.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Packers did their \u201cdue diligence\u201d before signing Brandon McManus<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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McManus was accused of assaulting\u00a0two women during the Jaguars team flight to London in 2023. The women were working has flight attendants and claim the kicker grinded up against them and attempted to kiss one of them during the trip.\u00a0McManus ultimately did not face discipline\u00a0from the league due to insufficient evidence to support the accusations. This allowed him to continue his career in the NFL. He\u2019ll likely make his 2024 debut in Week 7 after\u00a0signing with Green Bay.<\/p>\n

The Packers have struggled to find a reliable kicker in recent years. The team\u00a0released Anders Carlson following his disastrous missed field goal in the Divisional Round of the playoffs last season. In 2024, Green Bay named undrafted free agent Narveson the team\u2019s starting kicker. However, the team lost faith in the rookie after he missed five of 17 field goal attempts through the first six weeks of the season. Now McManus will attempt to stabilize the position for the Packers.<\/p>\n

Green Bay will take on the 5-1 Houston Texans at home in Week 7. Fans hope kicking doesn\u2019t heavily factor into the game as the matchup will feature two of the hottest young quarterbacks in the league in\u00a0Jordan Love and CJ Stroud.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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