Smack Talk: Packers Rookie Kicker Trey Smack Off To A Rough Start

Aug 04, 2026 05:21 AM - 2 hours ago 3

The Trey Smack communicative has conscionable begun.

The Green Bay Packers judge location are respective sensational chapters ahead.

Right, now, though, Chapter 1 has been rocky.

Smack, Green Bay’s rookie kicker, is conscionable 8-of-13 connected section goals done the first 2 days of training campy — an unsightly 61.5%. Smack was 5-of-8 connected a gorgeous, 75-degree Monday aft going 3-of-5 during a blustery believe Sunday.

“Kind of conscionable enactment the aforesaid each day, really,” Smack said aft Monday’s practice. “You deed the shot well, it should beryllium conscionable arsenic moreover keel arsenic (if) you deed the shot for illustration (expletive).”

For the astir part, Smack seems to beryllium hitting the shot fine. It’s conscionable not going done the uprights.

On Monday, Smack was wide correct from 33 yards, deed the near upright from 52, and missed severely to the correct from 55.

Smack besides made kicks from 33, 40, 43, 48 and 51.

“I deed the shot good today,” Smack said. “I thought I deed the shot well. Those mis-hits, those are conscionable mis-hits that happen. But if you deed the ball, they usually spell in.”

Green Bay has been looking for an reply astatine kicker since letting franchise scoring leader Mason Crosby time off aft the 2022 season.

Anders Carlson missed much other points (six) and much full kicks (13) than anyone successful shot successful 2023. He besides missed astatine slightest 1 footwear successful his last 5 games and 10 of his past 12 contests.

Carlson had a chance to springiness Green Bay a 24-17 lead complete San Francisco successful the 2023 NFC divisional playoffs, but missed a 41-yard section extremity pinch conscionable much than 5 minutes left. The 49ers past drove and won the game, 24-21.

FOX sideline newsman Tom Rinaldi said during that title that Packers coach Matt LaFleur had told him, “When (Carlson) goes retired there, I conscionable pray.”

Breyden Narveson won the occupation successful 2024, past began the twelvemonth 12-of-17 and classed 31st successful the NFL successful section extremity percent (70.6%) erstwhile Green Bay released him successful mid-October.

The Packers turned to seasoned Brandon McManus, who was sensational the remainder of 2024. McManus made 20-of-21 section goals that season, drilled each 30 of his other points and had game-winning section goals against Houston and Jacksonville that year.

McManus missed 3 games pinch injuries past year. In his stead, Lucas Havrisik made each 4 of his section goals — including a franchise grounds 61-yarder — but was conscionable 7-of-9 connected other points.

McManus returned and vanished the twelvemonth 24-of-30 connected section goals (80.0%) and 32-of-33 connected other points (97.0%). But McManus near 7 points disconnected the committee — missing 2 section goals and an other constituent — successful a 31-27 Wild Card nonaccomplishment to Chicago.

“Biggest disappointment successful my career,” McManus said that night. “Just an embarrassment of a performance.”

The Packers selected Smack successful the sixth information of April’s draft, released McManus 13 days later, and besides released Havrisik connected July 28.

That near Smack arsenic the only kicker successful camp, arsenic the Packers chose to debar having immoderate nonstop title successful camp. If Smack continues to struggle, though, Green Bay could surely adhd different kicker.

Smack knows he’s nether a microscope successful the fishbowl that is Green Bay. So for now, he’s deleted each societal media isolated from Instagram.

“Yeah, societal media’s gone for me,” Smack said. “Yeah, I don’t person societal media. You know, I conscionable benignant of spell astir for illustration 1 time astatine a time, not really interest astir (what) anybody other thinks. It's conscionable benignant of my job, you know. That's what I signed up for.”