The Green Bay Packers opened up an international roster spot when the team released kicker Alex Hale on Monday. Hale, the team's International Player Pathway player, opened training camp on the non-football injury (NFI) list.
And now we know why.
According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Hale suffered an eye injury while working out before training camp and needs to miss multiple weeks. However, the Packers need a backup kicker to ease the training camp burden on veteran Brandon McManus, so an addition at kicker is expected.
The Packers originally signed Hale, a native of Australia, on Aug.