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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 6794" data-source="post: 833274">According to the numbers in the following link Crosby has made 41 of 51 (80.4%) field goals in weather below 40 degrees since 2014. All other kickers have combined for a percentage of 81.8%. Once again, Mason ranks below average although being used to kicking in cold weather.<a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&year_min=2014&year_max=2019&game_type=R&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&week_num_min=0&week_num_max=99&temperature_gtlt=lt&temperature=40&c5val=1.0&order_by=fgm" target="_blank">https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&year_min=2014&year_max=2019&game_type=R&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&week_num_min=0&week_num_max=99&temperature_gtlt=lt&temperature=40&c5val=1.0&order_by=fgm</a>The Packers might hold on to Crosby this season but there's absolutely no reason to offer him another deal after the current one expires.I have posted repeatedly that opposing kickers have combined for a better field goal percentage at Lambeau than Crosby. The difference between that those kickers played in different eras. Crosby is 3.4% below the league average in field goal percentage over his career while Longwell (2.8%) and Steered (13.5%) both performed better than their peers.The point I was trying to make is that it doesn't take an early draft pick (most of the time it works out with an undrafted free agent) or a huge amount of money to adequately replace a below average kicker.Don't get me wrong, aside of the Lions game Crosby definitely wasn't one of the main reasons the Packers ended up not winning the game but he contributed to it without a doubt.It's probable there was at least one undrafted free agent kicker available after the draft who will perform on a higher level than Crosby in 2019.Actually the Packers could save more than $3 million in cap space by releasing Crosby before the start of this season.The Packers would have been a better team with a kicker making 90% of the field goals. I don't understand your point about Matthews and Perry as Clay wasn't re-signed and Perry was released. I don't get Packers fans being absolutely fine with moving on from edge rushers but crying foul about replacing a below average kicker.Undrafted kickers that have been good enough to actually make an NFL roster have combined to perform at a higher level than Crosby over the past few seasons. It doesn't matter that it might take the Packers several attempts to find one of them as they have several months of time before the start of the regular season.No, actually Crosby should be significantly better than kickers on rookie deals to justify paying him all that money. With that not being the case by any means the Packers should replace him with a cheaper one.</blockquote>

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