The kick is up, and it is...no good! This has become a common phrase that Packer fans have heard all season because Mason Crosby has struggled to be consistent when kicking field goals. Crosby currently has a streak of an unacceptable eight straight games with a missed field goal. He has only made 17 field goals in 29 attempts, with both his field goal percentage (59%) and total misses (12) last among NFL kickers. Crosby has become so bad that you can't even trust him to make a 40-yard field goal, which means that they need to immediately find a replacement for him.
Currently there are multiple kickers on the free agent market that would be a good fit with the Packers, but the kicker who is the best kicker available and for the Packers is Neil Rackers. Neil Rackers is the best option because even though his leg strength has decreased over the years, he is a very safe kicker who is a career 80% field goal kicker in 330 attempts. Last year, Rackers made 32 of 38 attempts including a 54-yarder, and in the past four years he has made close to 89% of his field goals. He also has made 80% of his field goals in the postseason, which isn't outstanding but is better than Crosby's 76%. If the Packers want to win the Super Bowl this season they need to have a kicker who can make field goals on a consistent basis, and Neil Rackers would be able to do that for the Packers.
Good work coming up with a replacement for Crosby. So many of these so called "expert" fans let the spew drip out of their mouths by bashing the current player without having any knowledge to name a the "guy" they want next line. My recommendation is Lou "The Toe" Groza, unless he's dead.
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