Does he check his leg at warm ups, then they plan the special teams calls at that point? One week the guy is pounding it out of the endzone, then, like yesterday, he can't leg it deep.
Must be cold balls.
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Why isn't offsides called on the kicker when he's clearly offsides before kicking the ball?
Frozen Balls.
http://espn.go.com/blog/green-...-in-with-best-season
Crosby finished the season 33-of-37 on field goals. His 89.2 percent conversion rate not only was his career high but was second-best in team history behind only Jan Stenerud’s 91.7 percent season in 1981.
What’s more, he earned back every dollar of the pay cut he took in August, when his salary was slashed from $2.4 million to $800,000. He was given the opportunity to earn back the remaining $1.6 million through incentives, and by topping the 85 percent mark for the season, he collected the final $800,000 of that. The other $800,000 came via roster bonuses for being on the team all season.
I'm surprised he could get any footing at all to kick the ball on that POS field.
and how did a practice ball make it on the field yesterday?
Wasn't Ginger doing kick-offs early in the season? At least I thought he was because of his stronger leg. What happened there?
I think it was said they went back to Crosby for directional kicking.
When facing dynamic returners, like Hester yesterday, the Packers have gone to Crosby this season for his ability at directional kicks. Masthay just booms it and that was no guarantee with the cold yesterday.
Although I doubt they would admit it, I think they handed Masthay the KO duties because they weren't sure how Crosby was going to perform this season. I think he was on a short leash early in the season and they wanted Masthay to have some experience doing it in case they had to bring in a new Kicker. Once he showed he was out of his slump then they stuck him back in on KO's.