The Green Bay Packers are signing veteran kicker Brandon McManus and releasing rookie Brayden Narveson, according to multiple media reports Tuesday evening.
Narveson, 25, played in all six games for the Packers and made 12 of 17 field-goal attempts (70.6 percent) with a long of 47 yards. Four of his league-high five misses were from 40-49 yards. He was 16-for-16 on extra points.
Green Bay has had five other kickers on the 90-man roster since the end of last season including Alex Hale, now on the practice squad.
The Packers had McManus work out for the team on Tuesday. McManus, 33, spent the 2023 season with Jacksonville, making 30 of 37 field-goal attempts with a long of 56 yards, and all 35 extra-point attempts in 17 games.
He signed a one-year, $3.6 million contract as a free agent with the Washington Commanders in March, but he was released on June 3 in the aftermath of a civil lawsuit that was filed against him for an alleged incident while the kicker was with the Jaguars.
Two women filed a lawsuit accusing McManus of rubbing and grinding against them while they staffed the Jaguars’ flight to London for a pair of games in October 2023.
One accuser said McManus tried to kiss her, and the other claimed McManus “smirked and walked away” after she confronted him about grinding against her.
The Jaguars also were named in the suit, as the women claimed the team did not provide a safe working environment on the flight. They said players, including McManus, disregarded air travel safety and the kicker passed out $100 bills to try to get the flight attendants to drink and dance.
A Florida circuit court judge dismissed the accusers’ initial lawsuit in September because they used the pseudonyms Jane Doe I and Jane Doe II without “exceptional circumstances that outweigh the public interest in open proceedings.”
The women re-filed the lawsuits using their names three days later. They are seeking more than $1 million in damages and a jury trial.
In a counterfiling called a request for admissions, McManus’ lawyer claimed that the women drank on the job, had drug addictions, made sexually explicit social media posts and used a racial slur, among other things.
The NFL on Sept. 30 concluded its investigation into the incident and said it would not be disciplining him at that time.
“There was insufficient evidence to support a finding that a violation of the personal conduct policy occurred,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement to several outlets on Sept. 30. “As always, if new evidence is presented it would be taken into consideration.”
As a free agent, McManus is eligible to sign with any team.
McManus spent his first nine seasons with the Denver Broncos (2014-22) and made 81.4 percent of his field-goal attempts (223 of 274) with a long of 61 yards, and 96.9 percent (277 of 286) on extra points.
