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Smacked: Packers Find Themselves in Familiar Territory With Rookie Kicker

Patience for Trey Smack’s ebbs and flows could be wearing thin in Green Bay.

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Zachary Jacobson
Oct 26, 2026

GREEN BAY, Wis. — 13 points have been left on the field by the Green Bay Packers’ kicking operation in their last three games, and that could be enough to initiate action.

What kind of action? That remains to be seen. That’s up to the Packers to determine whether their rookie kicker, Trey Smack, is at fault, or their long snapper, Matt Orzech. It could b…

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