The Packers can’t get their kicking situation settled, and Tuesday’s transactions showed that the position is still a work in progress.
The Packers drafted Trey Smack out of Florida in the sixth round this spring. They also had Lucas Havrisik on their roster to compete with Smack.
But the team released Havrisik on Tuesday, Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
The Packers signed Lenny Krieg to replace Havrisik in the competition, Bill Huber of SI.com reports.
Krieg tried out with the team on Monday.
Krieg, who is from Berlin, Germany, took up American football after getting burned out on soccer. He learned how to kick a football by watching YouTube videos.
Krieg kicked for the Stuttgart Surge in the European League of Football, which earned him an invite to the NFL’s International Player Pathway program.
He made all 14 attempts at the NFL Scouting Combine in 2025, the only kicker who didn’t miss.
Krieg spent last season on the Falcons’ practice squad and signed a futures contract with the Jets after the season, but the Jets cut him in June.
