GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Veteran Tim Masthay's hold on the Green Bay Packers punting job is secure, at least for now.
When the team released rookie Peter Mortell, a Green Bay native trying to win the job as an undrafted free agent, it left the veteran Masthay as the team's lone punter entering Thursday's preseason finale at Kansas City.
But Packers coach Mike McCarthy stopped short of declaring Masthay as the team's punter for 2016, even though he's held the job for the previous six seasons.
''Tim Masthay, he's in the driver's seat,'' McCarthy said Monday.