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Was the Green Bay Packers MVP in the 2013 Season Aaron Rodgers, a man that was absent for a good part of the Season?
Was the MVP Eddie Lacy?
I've got a candidate for you. A Packer that's seldom discussed over this past season here. Why? Maybe because he's been doing so well compared to the 2012 Season. I'm referring to Packers kicker, Mason Crosby. A Packer who was all but given up on by many Packerrats last season.
What a turn-a-round !
In 2013 Mason Crosby had his finest season as a Packer kicker. Crosby finished 12th in the NFL overall ranking among kickers, making 33 of 37 field goal attempts (or 89.2% of his attempted kicks).
Starting in early Nov.'13, Crosby made 18 of 20 field goals. He didn't miss a field goal since the Philadelphia Eagles game loss. Mason Crosby made 18 in a row over the last 8 games of the season. That game streak includes the playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
With the Aaron Rodgers injury, every point was precious. Crosby was perfect in attempts Vs Minny, Atlanta and Dallas. Games in which the Packers had two wins and a tie and without Mason Crosby's perfection ... one thing leads to another.
** The Chicago Bears would be NFCN Champions.
** The "one and out" playoff loss to the 49ers isn't in our minds or a conversation on Packerrats.
So what happened with Mason Crosby over the course of the end of a disastrous 2012 season and the end of this season?
Let's go back even further in his history or look back over the course of his career as an NFL kicker in Green Bay. The Packers had treated Crosby as if he was a top kicker. He received large raises and the job was his with no competition. Mason Crosby was 'the Packer kicking MAN', even after bad years on the job.
That all changed for the better for Mason Crosby and the Green Bay Packers, after the end of the 2012 season when the kicking duties were no longer deemed a foregone conclusion or ALL Mason Crosby.
Last summer Ted Thompson added **Giorgio Tavecchio and Zach Ramirez as what on the surface appeared as competition for Mason Crosby. Was that move made moreso for other reasons? Maybe? Those kickers were brought in as the best incentive Crosby needed to achieve more?
As a further measure TT turned to financial motivation for Mason Crosby and
restructured his contract... as one "heavy on incentives". The rest is history.
TT retained Mason Crosby even though he was "arguably", being upstaged in training camp by ** Giorgio Tavecchio?
Crosby accepted the challenge (s) and TT's (Russ Ball's) terms of a contract and under some pressure demonstrated excellence for the Packers and us Packer fans. His kicks were straight lines for "three points more".
Cont'd on post #2 of this thread:
GO PACKERS !
Was the MVP Eddie Lacy?
I've got a candidate for you. A Packer that's seldom discussed over this past season here. Why? Maybe because he's been doing so well compared to the 2012 Season. I'm referring to Packers kicker, Mason Crosby. A Packer who was all but given up on by many Packerrats last season.
What a turn-a-round !
In 2013 Mason Crosby had his finest season as a Packer kicker. Crosby finished 12th in the NFL overall ranking among kickers, making 33 of 37 field goal attempts (or 89.2% of his attempted kicks).
Starting in early Nov.'13, Crosby made 18 of 20 field goals. He didn't miss a field goal since the Philadelphia Eagles game loss. Mason Crosby made 18 in a row over the last 8 games of the season. That game streak includes the playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
With the Aaron Rodgers injury, every point was precious. Crosby was perfect in attempts Vs Minny, Atlanta and Dallas. Games in which the Packers had two wins and a tie and without Mason Crosby's perfection ... one thing leads to another.
** The Chicago Bears would be NFCN Champions.
** The "one and out" playoff loss to the 49ers isn't in our minds or a conversation on Packerrats.
So what happened with Mason Crosby over the course of the end of a disastrous 2012 season and the end of this season?
Let's go back even further in his history or look back over the course of his career as an NFL kicker in Green Bay. The Packers had treated Crosby as if he was a top kicker. He received large raises and the job was his with no competition. Mason Crosby was 'the Packer kicking MAN', even after bad years on the job.
That all changed for the better for Mason Crosby and the Green Bay Packers, after the end of the 2012 season when the kicking duties were no longer deemed a foregone conclusion or ALL Mason Crosby.
Last summer Ted Thompson added **Giorgio Tavecchio and Zach Ramirez as what on the surface appeared as competition for Mason Crosby. Was that move made moreso for other reasons? Maybe? Those kickers were brought in as the best incentive Crosby needed to achieve more?
As a further measure TT turned to financial motivation for Mason Crosby and
restructured his contract... as one "heavy on incentives". The rest is history.
TT retained Mason Crosby even though he was "arguably", being upstaged in training camp by ** Giorgio Tavecchio?
Crosby accepted the challenge (s) and TT's (Russ Ball's) terms of a contract and under some pressure demonstrated excellence for the Packers and us Packer fans. His kicks were straight lines for "three points more".
Cont'd on post #2 of this thread:
GO PACKERS !
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