Green Bay Packers Cut ’em or Keep ’em & Prediction: Mason Crosby
By Paul Bretl
Prediction: The Green Bay Packers cut Mason Crosby
Admittedly, I really did go back and forth on this one. For starters, they don’t save that much cap space by moving on from Mason Crosby, and like I said, finding a new kicker is not easy to do whatsoever. But, in short, I think it’s time.
$2.39 million in cap savings is not a huge amount, by any means, but the Green Bay Packers don’t just need to create space; they need to pinch pennies this offseason–and that means making difficult decisions even if the savings aren’t exorbitant.
On top of that, I do think it’s fair to wonder about Crosby’s ability to get distance out of his kicks, both on longer field goal attempts as well as on kickoffs, given what we saw in 2021 and that he will turn 38 next season.
And as I just mentioned on the previous slide, there is something about Molson that Green Bay is at least intrigued by; otherwise, they wouldn’t have kept him around this long or protected him on the practice squad for most of the 2021 season. Molson does not have any NFL field goal or extra point attempts, so if this is the case and the Packers do cut Crosby, you can bet that they will bring in some outside competition.
Crosby has been with the team since 2007 and will someday find himself in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame–which makes this decision all the more difficult given what he has meant to this team and the reliability that he has provided. But this is just one of those tough decisions that have to be made.