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New Green Bay kicker Brayden Narveson already had family ties to Wisconsin before joining Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brayden Narveson might not have been the happiest person in his own family when the Green Bay Packers claimed him off waivers to make him their kicker.

The move represented a homecoming for Narveson’s wife. Shelby Narveson grew up with a family full of Packers fans in Prescott, Wisconsin, just east of the Minnesota border and about 270 miles west of Green Bay.

“She’s like, ‘I’m going to be the coolest person in my hometown,’“ Narveson said.

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He went 6 of 7 on field-goal attempts with a long of 59 in a preseason audition with the Tennessee Titans, who are sticking with Nick Folk as their kicker this season.