Lost amid the R-E-L-A-X three-game winning streak is the comfort of a consist kicker. Last year Mason Crosby enjoyed the best season as a pro by nailing over 89 percent of his field goals. And now in his eighth year, many people didn’t expect an encore performance. Just don’t tell Crosby that. The 30-year-old is […]
Mason Crosby
Cory’s Corner: Mason Crosby deserves praise not punishment
Mason Crosby has been the whipping boy by Packers fans the last few years. People have been eager to paint him as the goat for missing the 52-yarder at the Metrodome in 2008 or the 52-and 51-yard field goals at Indianapolis in 2012. But despite getting the Monday Morning Quarterback treatment every time he misses […]
Should Packers Add Competition for Crosby?
Green Bay Packers placekicker Mason Crosby is coming off of his best season in 2013, in terms of field goal percentage. After facing the worst year of his career and posting the worst mark for a starting kicker in the NFL in 2012 (63.6%), Crosby finished 2013 at 89.2%. He converted on 33 of 37 […]
Mason Crosby Green Bay Packers 2013 Evaluation and Report Card
1) Introduction: Packers kicker Mason Crosby saw his lucrative contract tore up over the offseason and replaced with an incentive-laden deal. Message received. Crosby connected on 33 of 37 field goal attempts and even sent two 57-yarders soaring through the uprights. If Johnny Jolly wasn’t on the roster, the Packers comeback player of the year […]
Kudos to Crosby: Packers Kicker Answers the Critics and Naysayers
It’s all I ever wanted from him, and after seven years, I finally got it. Mason Crosby finished a season in the upper half of the kicker rankings and reliably made big kicks when they were most needed. 2013 was Crosby’s finest season as a Packer and his best field goal percentage ever, going all […]