GREEN BAY, Wis. – The math is simple. The reality is a bit more complicated.
The Green Bay Packers lost by two points, 31-29, to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Rookie kicker Brayden Narveson clanged three points off the right upright and another three points drifted wide right.
“We lost by two and I missed two field goals, right? I’ve got to own that,” Narveson said.
Yes, and the Packers need to own the kicking debacle. After jettisoning career scoring leader Mason Crosby after he made 86.2 percent of his field-goal attempts in 2022, the Packers used a sixth-round pick in 2023 on Anders Carlson.