Brandon McManus solved the continued kicker problems of the Green Bay Packers last year. As a thank you, his NFL team equipped him with a new contract this week.
According to the “ESPN” reporter Adam Schefter, they have Packers McManus agreed on a new three -year contract of $ 15.3 million. This includes a signing bonus of $ five million.
McManus signed before the past NFL season for one year in Green Bay and kicked eleven games for the NFC North team from October. In these games, he converted a total of 20 of his 21 field goals and all 30 extra points.
McManus, however, recorded his only failed FG shot in the Wild Card Round. In the playoff duel with the later Super Bowl winner, the Philadelphia Eaglesthe Packers were inferior in many areas anyway and therefore lost with 10:22.
In the meantime, the veteran proved that McManus also has strong nerves in crunchtime nerves. With the Denver Broncos For example, he moved into the Super Bowl in the 2015 season and steered over the 24:10 victory over the Carolina Panthers Three field goals (in three attempts) and an extra point for the triumph.
NFL restart overshadowed by allegations
In the spring of 2023, McManus finally left the Broncos as the last remaining SB 50 winner and initially hired the Jacksonville Jaguars and the following year with the Washington Commanders to. In the US capital, however, they put it outside on June 2, 2024 after allegations were made public for sexual coercion against the 33-year-old.
At that time, two stewardesses claimed that McManus sexually molested her in 2023 during a London flight with the Jaguar. The accused denied the allegations and the NFL later ended its investigation due to lack of evidence.