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He excels with his versatile coverage of the NFL, NBA, soccer, sports media, and more. As a longtime self-professed sports junkie, it is a dream to write about sports professionally. He’s a lifelong Buffalo Bills fan from Western New York and when he’s not enjoying a round of golf he's probably coaching youth soccer or flag football. You can catch all of his sports-related musings on Twitter at @twcrean.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rookie kicker <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-matt-lafleur-rookie-kicker-anders-carlsons-rough-preseason-debut" rel="noopener">Anders Carlson is having a tough</a> first Green Bay Packers training camp. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-2023-nfl-draft-grades-every-pick" rel="noopener">sixth-round pick out of Auburn</a> is missing a lot of kicks, and many of them are going wide right. That includes the two extra points he missed during the Packers’ preseason opening 36-19 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. None of this is good, but the only kicker currently on the Packers’ roster says he knows why it’s happening.</p><p>“I need to go back to my tempo and get a little slower,” <a href="https://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2023/08/14/green-bay-packers-rookie-kicker-anders-carlson-knows-why-missing-wide-right-but-correction-elusive/70588535007/" rel="noopener">Carlson said</a>, per PackersNews.com. “I get maybe a little too excited. So it’s something to watch for, and it’s something I know. I need to fix the tempo.”</p><p>He also noted that consistently missing wide right — as opposed to missing in different directions — makes the fix easier.</p><p>“I think it’s helpful. You don’t want to go right, left, right,” Carlson said. “Because then you’re just kind of lost. I like my mindset. I’ve just got to fix some technical things.”</p><p>Having troubles at kicker is something new that the Packers are dealing with this preseason. The franchise hasn’t broken in a new kicker since 2007 when the team drafted Mason Crosby, and he held down the spot for the next 16 seasons.</p><p>Anders Carlson is currently the only kicker on the roster, but if he continues to struggle, the team may have to bring another leg into Packers training camp. The good news for the young placekicker is that he may have another week or two to fix his issues. If the team is going to move on from the rookie, the best strategy will be to sign a kicker currently on another squad after teams start to cut down their rosters.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Packers’ rookie Anders Carlson explains why he’s missing kicks wide right in training camp, preseason

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-matt-lafleur-rookie-kicker-anders-carlsons-rough-preseason-debut');   ga('set', 'title', 'Packers coach Matt LaFleur addresses rookie kicker Anders Carlson’s rough preseason debut');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/packers-news-matt-lafleur-addresses-rookie-kicker-anders-carlsons-rough-preseason-debut.jpg"></figure><h1>Packers coach Matt LaFleur addresses rookie kicker Anders Carlson’s rough preseason debut</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-12T09:20:55-07:00">August 12th, 9:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-12T09:20:55-07:00">August 12th, 9:20am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the most part, everything went <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fort-valley-football-news-packers-running-back-emmanuel-wilson-dominates-preseason-game-vs-bengals" rel="noopener">according to plan</a> for the Green Bay Packers in their preseason opener against the Cincinnati Bengals, and it’s clear that head coach Matt LaFleur was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-matt-lafleur-reacts-to-jordan-loves-1-td-performance-in-preseason-win-vs-bengals" rel="noopener">happy</a> with what he saw from his team. The one area where Green Bay struggled, though, was their kicking game, with Anders Carlson missing two of his five extra point attempts on the night.</p><p>With Green Bay making it clear they would be moving on from longtime kicker Mason Crosby this offseason, Carlson was billed as his replacement when he was selected in the sixth-round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Packers. And while he didn’t perform up to expectations in his first preseason action, it doesn’t look like LaFleur is ready to <a href="https://theathletic.com/4769908/2023/08/12/green-bay-packers-preseason-football/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">hit the panic button</a> just yet.</p><p>“I don’t wanna look too far into it. It’s one game, but as long as you learn from it and get better and make the necessary adjustments, then a lot of times you come back stronger from it.” – Matt LaFleur, The Athletic</p><p>Carlson should have some room for error, considering he’s a rookie and the Packers don’t have another option to replace him (aside from re-signing Crosby). Fans have been clamoring for Crosby after this tough outing from Carlson, but it doesn’t sound like LaFleur is going to follow such a course of action.</p><p>Nevertheless, it will be worth seeing how Carlson manages to respond from his tough preseason debut for Green Bay. He did make three other extra points and his lone field goal attempt, but missing a pair of extra point tries isn’t a great look. Carlson will be looking for a bounce back performance in his next preseason action, or else the calls for Crosby will only grow louder.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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