Right, and you can't put a blocked kick on the kicker unless it's an absolute line-drive. The missed kick against the Vikings was painful though and very intense and dramatic. My brother and I were at the game and had ulcers by the end of it.

Originally Posted by: peteralan71 

Really, the protection had nothing to do with it, I know Alex Brown got his hand on the ball, but he was actually falling inside from what I saw. It was a poor kick.

Mike McCarthy wrote:

The coach felt it was Mason Crosby's fault for the block.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

I don't know what McCarthy was looking at but I have a hard time blaming the kicker when right when the ball is snapped the C is laying on his back and there is a rush of Bears players coming straight up the middle.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers/09000d5d80d92c5b/WK-16-Can-t-Miss-Play-Bears-blocked-FG 

Really now, the protection had NOTHING to do with it??

Originally Posted by: Stevetarded 

If you break down Crosby's FG % by distance, his issue is with kicks longer that extra points but inside the 40. That should be a kicker's bread and butter. When an offense drives the ball inside the 20, it's a blow to the team to not come away with points, be it because of turnover or missed FG.

He was perfect from 0-19. That's good. From 40-49, he was 12th. From 50+, he was 17th. I think that is also pretty good. At least nothing I would even consider complaining about.

From 20-29 he was 34th and from 30-39 he was 30th. That's horrible. On FG attempts that should be points for a professional kicker. 17 guys were perfect from 30-39 and 31 were perfect from 20-29.

"HankScorpio" wrote:

This guy makes some good point.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

This guy makes some good point.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

I dunno, it seems a little bit disingenuous to say he was 34th and 30th from 20-29 and 30-39 and therefore - horrible when making 1 more kick in either category puts him tied for 1st.

Originally Posted by: Stevetarded