When the Packers released rookie Peter Mortell on Monday, it seemed that Tim Masthay would be back for a seventh season as the team’s punter.
While Mortell was being cut, the Buccaneers were waiving Jacob Schum in favor of Bryan Anger and that caught the attention of the Packers. They claimed Schum off of waivers on Tuesday and dropped Masthay from the roster.
Schum was the Buccaneers’ punter last season and posted an average of 38 net yards per punt. Masthay’s net average was 39 yards over the life of his Packers tenure and he posted a career high of 40.2 yards last season.
Masthay was set to make $1.2 million this season while Schum will only cost the Packers $525,000, something that may have been part of the team’s desire to shuffle the deck at punter. Masthay was also the team’s holder, so Schum and kicker Mason Crosby will have to get comfortable with each other before the start of the season.
