After Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby missed four field goals and an extra point last Sunday BetOnline has released odds on if Crosby will miss another kick on Monday night football. The odds on Crosby missing a field goal is +150 while Mason making all of his kicks is set at -200. The Packers are sticking with Crosby after his struggles against the Detroit Lions, but a miss against the San Francisco 49ers might make them reconsider.
Crosby missed three kicks in the first half and changed cleats at halftime, but that didn't help the results with two more misses coming after halftime. Packers coach Mike McCarthy gave his vote of confidence to Crosby saying he still has faith in the veteran kicker.
“He's a proven, highly successful kicker,” McCarthy said via ESPN. “I still believe in him. But he knows it — he has to make those kicks. It's a different game at halftime. So hopefully we'll learn from it and move on.”
McCarthy also pointed out that it's an entire body of work and just because he had one bad day the positives of his game still outweigh the negatives.
“We have a long-term obviously belief, but you've got your everyday evaluation that goes on, too,” McCarthy said. “I think he had a tremendous training camp, I think he was striking the ball as well as I can recall. He has a new operation again. I mean, you're talking about a kicker who's been through more operation changes than I can recall in my time in the league, and he's an extraordinary leader with those two young guys.
There is no doubt this is a big week for Crosby and the first kick on Monday night is going to go a long way in feeling out where his head is at.
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