Mason Crosby gets 5 year deal

[imscott72]

Per Adam Schefter on Twitter..

[Fritz]

Uh, from whom? The Packers, I presume?

If so, this is good news. While Crosby has some misses, I think he will, like many kickers, get better and better with age, and his kickoff placement is invaluable. On top of that, with the new rules regarding kickoffs, he's a threat to pound the ball into the end zone now.

[imscott72]

http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2011/7/27/2297074/mason-crosby-2011-nfl-free-agency-green-bay-packers-news-adam-schefter-report

[imscott72]

Uh, from whom? The Packers, I presume?

If so, this is good news. While Crosby has some misses, I think he will, like many kickers, get better and better with age, and his kickoff placement is invaluable. On top of that, with the new rules regarding kickoffs, he's a threat to pound the ball into the end zone now.

Yes Packers. If it were another team I would have stated that..

[Scott Campbell]

Yay!

[Bretsky]

no brainer to sign Money; with his leg he's needed at the Frozen Tundra.

[wootah]

According to a source familiar with the negotiations, the deal is worth $14.75 million and includes $3 million of guaranteed money.

The contract puts Crosby in the upper echelon of kickers in the National Football League just below top-paid kicker Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders.

source: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/126242738.html

Ted must have seen Patler's numbers on the guy. I'm glad to have him back. We now have another 5 years to find a good holder for him!

[Brandon494]

No surprise there

[red]

great news

[Patler]

I'm glad to have him back. We now have another 5 years to find a good holder for him!

Things should stabilize in the kicking game, if the last half of last season was not a fluke for Masthay. Hopefully the two will stick around for a while and kicking will become more consistent. They have a young snapper, a young punter/holder and a young kicker. Conceivably, all could be in GB for the next 10 years. This could stabilize special teams for a long time.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Yea Crosby!

[jmbarnes101]

Glad to see this one done quickly. Now I'm hoping JJones is next.

[Fritz]

Yes Packers. If it were another team I would have stated that..

Yes. I was just a little nervous. Unlike Aaron Rodgers, I thought that Crosby was the most important FA signing...

[pbmax]

Things should stabilize in the kicking game, if the last half of last season was not a fluke for Masthay. Hopefully the two will stick around for a while and kicking will become more consistent. They have a young snapper, a young punter/holder and a young kicker. Conceivably, all could be in GB for the next 10 years. This could stabilize special teams for a long time.

I am hoping he spent time in Ariz with that kicking specialist coach, the one the Packers resisted sending Ryan to.

I also wonder if Russ Ball had to use a cattle prod to get TT to sign the check for a kicker.

[Fritz]

Ted's mellowing now. Next thing you know he'll be signing a soon-to-be-over-the-hill running back to a huge free agent contract!