In today’s NFL, kickers are nearly perfect from 39 yards and in and improving but still variable on kicks of 50 or longer, making the range in between — from 40 to 49 yards — so valuable in judging the kicker.
In signing veteran Brandon McManus, the Green Bay Packers should be getting a big improvement in this vital range.
Between Anders Carlson and Brayden Narveson over the last two regular seasons, the Packers were 9-for-17 on field goals between 40 and 49 yards. Carlson was 4-for-8 from that distance during the regular season, and his 43-yard miss in San Francisco was a game-changing play late in the Packers’ playoff loss.