If you don't laugh, you might cry. Inexplicable. Baffling. Head-scratching. Infuriating. Exhausting.
Those words perfectly encapsulate how Green Bay Packers fans feel about the kicking situation. Veteran Brandon McManus can't stop missing field goals, and the Packers simply shrug their shoulders and act like they don't have the franchise record holder sitting on the bench.
The decision-making by head coach Matt LaFleur and special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia has been nothing short of laughable from the moment McManus hurt his quad. He sat out of two games, in which Lucas Havrisik stepped in, booted through all 10 kicks with ease, and shattered a franchise record with a 61-yard field goal.
That alone should've prevented the Packers from rushing McManus back too soon. But despite remaining on the injury report and the ESPN crew revealing on the Monday Night Football broadcast that McManus was only "semi-healthy," Green Bay continued to roll him out there.
Not only has LaFleur confirmed McManus will remain the kicker this week, but Bisaccia doubled down when he met with reporters.
"We're working through coming back off of an injury which he hasn't had for a long, long time. He's striking the ball pretty good, so we'll see what tomorrow brings," Bisaccia said on Thursday.
Packers' stubbornness with Brandon McManus has become exhausting, and it's costing them games
Where exactly is McManus striking the ball well? Because it's certainly not at Lambeau Field on Sundays.
Since his return from injury, the veteran has converted just four of eight field goal attempts. He missed a 43-yarder against the Carolina Panthers, and the Packers lost by three.
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Against Philadelphia last week, LaFleur turned down a 58-yard attempt to go for it on 4th-and-9 from the 41-yard line, before eventually giving him a chance on a must-have 64-yarder to end the game. McManus' attempt didn't come close, and the Packers lost by three. Again.
So, if McManus looks comfortable at practice and is outplaying Havrisik, then why roster two kickers?
Either Havrisik is kicking them well at practice and should have the job until, at the very least, McManus is 100 percent healthy, or he's not, and the Packers should've cut him.
Rostering two kickers has already cost them tight end Ben Sims, as they had to waive him to make room on the roster. The Minnesota Vikings claimed Sims a day later. The decision to start McManus while he was still recovering from an injury has now cost the Packers multiple games.
None of it makes sense. The Packers are in the business of winning football games, but they have actively hurt their chances by playing a struggling kicker coming off an injury. They have made their stance crystal clear, but the calls for Havrisik will only increase if McManus misses another kick in Week 11.