My God everyone, it isn't a panic moment.
He is having an off year. For whatever reason,his issues are the forty yards and more range. Inside the forty this year he is 19/21. That is not bad. He is struggling from outside the forty. 4/7 and 1/5 from 50+.
Iron, it is not an issue of can we get soemone who can hit a 35 yarder. That was only his second miss all year from that range.
Here is my points. He is hitting the ball well as far as contact goes. We are not seeing ugly kicks. They have been well struck. It is simpily aiming. I say that because as a past golf teacher we had a saying....
Dance with who brung ya.
in otherwords, play with what you have. If you are pushing everingthing to the right, don't continue to aim down the middle and change your motion. Aim left, then let it go right...down the middle. Fix your motion in practice.
Crosby, when faced with right hash kicks, should just aim at left goal post. Line up as normal and then take a half step to his right, thus increasing the angle of flight. His misses have only been a few feet right. So aim a few more left!
There is no other viable option out there. And he WILL get through this. and be better for it. I want that guy still on my team. We know he can kick. We don't know if the next kid out of college can.