Go Pack Go!

In actuality, I disagree with your suggestion that NFL game quality would be diluted if rosters were expanded in conjunction with a longer schedule. We’d see those extra roster spots taken by “specialists”, for example more teams carrying two place-kickers. I used an unfortunate tongue-in-cheek (48 y/o John Carney) illustration for that point. I notice you didn’t take me to task for John Kuhn, so I think you knew what I was saying…

In closing, I hope Mason Crosby is our PK for years to come and truly believe his relatively short-yardage misses this season were an anomaly…

If anything he just needs to losen up and kick the dang ball hard but not kill it. He was a great high school kicker, great college kicker and he has the big leg and compact kicking motion you want as a NFL kicker.

Mentally a kicking specialitst should be hired to allow him to just focus on his basic kicking motion again this offseason and tell everyone else to shush up to him. Otherwise we will have to carry a punter/kicker on the roster too.

Punting and return coverage are my issues with special teams this year.

5 more yards on kickoffs and FG attempts isn’t worth it when you lose accuracy. Crosby was one of the deepest kickers before, so why did they mess with him?

Crosby tied for 6th in the NFL for FGs made in 2009 with 27 ……….. Three years in the NFL he has been 1st, 7th & 4th in scoring ………… Although kicking stats are greatly affected by how potent your offense is ……. I doubt Tom Birney would have Crosby numbers under the same situations ……..

Crosby has one of ……….. if not the strongest legs in the NFL ………. He’s only 25 years old & entering his 4th season as a pro …………. Run Crosby out of town & you’ll have yearly kicker try-outs in GB for the next several years …………..

I forgot the NFL strike of 1982 occurred while unemployment was skyrocketing. July 1981, unemployment was at 7.2% and started soaring. By the fall of 1982, people were pissed. Unemployment finally peaked at 10.8% December 1982.

If unemployment isn’t on it’s way down, fans are going to want to burn the owners and the players at the stake. Fans will be pissed about millionaire players wanting more money and they’ll be pissed about owners wanting more money after having taxpayers build them shiny new stadiums the last 20 years. But don’t worry, we’ll hear owners like Jerry Jones say they would have built their own stadiums if the players didn’t want more money. (Jones also has magic beans for anyone who believes this).

2011 is going to be an ugly offseason unless something changes.