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Environmentally friendly BAY, Wis. — A working day soon after Mason Crosby skipped 3 potential game-winning discipline targets prior to last but not least sealing the victory on his fourth try out, coach Matt LaFleur absolved the 37-yr-previous kicker of some of the blame.
“I assume there’s just some items that we definitely require to clean up just from an procedure standpoint,” LaFleur said Monday of the Packers’ time beyond regulation acquire at the Cincinnati Bengals. “You won’t be able to put all of that on Mason. I assumed there’s some locations that we have to make certain we get corrected, and we will.”
In the distinctive groups planet, “procedure” is code for snap, hold and defense.
Long-snapper Hunter Bradley has struggled with snap accuracy. Holder Corey Bojorquez is new this time and there have been security problems — a near block on the match-winning area target in Week 3 and a block that was identified as again by a penalty in Week 4.
“I am not likely to throw anybody underneath the bus, so I am not likely to extend on that,” LaFleur mentioned. “Sorry, you’re heading to have to watch the tape, consider it yourself and occur up with your individual conclusions there.”
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Crosby on Sunday stated he is his possess harshest critic and would correct regardless of what went mistaken. He had made 27 consecutive typical-year field ambitions, which include his first a few Sunday in opposition to the Bengals. He then missed from 36 yards with 2:12 remaining in regulation, from 51 on the last engage in of regulation and from 40 soon after Packers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell intercepted Joe Burrow on the 1st play of extra time.
Bengals rookie kicker Evan McPherson hit the ideal upright and skipped from 57 yards with 21 seconds still left in regulation and then missed from 49 right after Crosby’s very first extra time skip.
Crosby, the team’s job scoring leader, ultimately finished it when he manufactured a 49-garden discipline goal with 1:55 remaining in overtime.
“All I can think about is that last kick suitable now,” Crosby mentioned. “You see the faces of your teammates and what these guys place on the line to proceed to get in that position. I just want to appear by means of for them. Everyone has all the faith in the planet in me, and I have all the religion in the entire world that I am heading to continue to keep acquiring all those ops.
“I’m so pleased I was ready to arrive as a result of there at the conclude, and I am likely to rejoice it. I am a realist and I am truthful with myself and I’m likely my harshest critic, so I’m going to make certain that I do what I can and we are going to clear up nearly anything on the other facet if there are any operation or safety or issues like that. Up front, we moved some men all over and the protection seemed seriously fantastic all working day.”
The Packers will not just have field goal operation difficulties to fret about. They could have missing one more cornerback. Kevin King couldn’t end Sunday’s sport for the reason that of a shoulder injuries evidently aggravated even further on a collision with Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd in the 3rd quarter.
“He was enjoying a ton of that sport or section of that game with fundamentally just one arm,” LaFleur reported of King, who has a historical past of shoulder accidents. “So I believed he competed perfectly and was participating in genuinely, truly nicely.”
Final week, the Packers shed All-Professional cornerback Jaire Alexander, also to a shoulder damage. He was placed on wounded reserve with the hope that he can return at some position this period.
The Packers could be without having two of their major three cornerbacks for Sunday’s match at the Chicago Bears. Rookie Eric Stokes, Isaac Yiadom and Chandon Sullivan completed the activity from the Bengals as the team’s major three cornerbacks. The Packers also signed cornerback Rasul Douglas off Arizona’s practice squad past 7 days, but he was inactive from Cincinnati.
