Patriots free agent kicker Adam Vinatieri is likely to visit Green Bay Packers team officials this week, probably on Friday, according to a report on the NFL Network and in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The Packers are without a place kicker since losing Ryan Longwell, the team's all-time leading scorer, to the Minnesota Vikings.

Vinatieri was paid a base salary of $2.5 million for last season, higher than the $2-million average annual value of Longwell's contract with Minnesota.

Considered one of the best cold-weather kickers in NFL history, Vinatieri would figure to be a good fit at frigid Lambeau Field. He and Mike Vanderjagt of the Colts are the biggest-name kickers available on the free-agent market, as several teams look to upgrade at the position.