When looking at those rankings, IronMan, I think you have to take into consideration that Mike McCarthy calls 50-plus-yard fieldgoals more than almost any coach in the league.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

Yep. I'm not excusing it. I think it's interesting that there are 11 kickers who have attempted kicks longer than the longest kick Crosby has attempted this season. Five kickers, in fact, have attempted kicks of 55 yards or more.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

Monday, December 14, 2009
Crosby's job appears safe
The was no indication today that the Packers plan to bring in any kickers this week even after Mason Crosby missed another kick, this one a 42-yarder at Chicago.

"We're not going to overreact as an organization; I'm not going to do it as a coach," special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum said this afternoon. "Mason's not going to do it as a player. I think it's very important to objectively look at all your situations, and this is one of them. But I don't see a need to make a change at this point."

Slocums said he pinpointed Crosby's problem on his miss wide right from the right hashmark yesterday.

"Mason didn't follow through very well on that particular kick," Slocum said. "He normally does. He'll look at the tape, and we'll look at it together, and we'll move forward. That's a technique issue. It's just a matter of lining up and executing with the proper technique."

Slocum defended Crosby, saying he's made 85 percent of his field goals under 50 yards this season, and refused to call it a slump.

"That's an easy term to throw around, but in the Ravens game the missed field goal was the result of a poor placement on the hold," Slocum said. "So that's not Mason."

UPDATE: The Packers waived receiver Biren Ealy, according to a source with access to the NFL's internal transaction wire.