GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Mason Crosby called it a bad night. That also might have been the understatement of the evening.
The Green Bay Packers kicker, who had been nearly perfect to date in training camp, had a disastrous showing, and there were 63,156 there to see it during Saturday's Family Night practice in Lambeau Field.
The question, however, was whether it was Crosby's fault or just a messed-up operation with a rookie snapper and rookie holder.
"We had a bad night tonight," Crosby said only minutes after he missed six of his final seven field goal attempts to close practice. "It was all around. We'll look at the film. Disappointed with the performance on all three of our parts. It just wasn't a clean night."
It was reminiscent of Family Night 2013, when Crosby went 3-of-8 in front of a packed stadium. He was coming off his worst season as a pro, making just 63.6 percent of his field goals in 2012. The Packers stuck with Crosby and he has been one of the most reliable kickers since. After missing five field goals attempts in that Family Night session, he went on to miss only four in all of the 2013 season.
This one, however, was hard to see coming. Crosby made 86.7 percent of his field goals attempts last season, then set the NFL record for consecutive postseason field goals made (although that streak ended at 23 with a miss in the NFC Championship Game).
Before Saturday night, Crosby had made 22 of 23 kicks in training camp. He ran that to 26 of 27 on Saturday before things went awry. He missed from 40 yards (wide left), 42 (wide right), 48 (wide right), 50 (wide right), 50 (wide right) and 50 (off the right upright). His only make during that stretch was from 45 yards.
"It just kind of all went a little wrong out there tonight," Crosby said. "It just started snowballing and we just couldn't get the timing going. Got to hit it through. But we've got to look at that because that was not clean at all."
Crosby, who has been the Packers' kicker since 2007, has had to break in a new long-snapper (Derek Hart) and a new holder (punter Justin Vogel), both undrafted rookies.
"Considering that he's been kicking for a long time and we're both new and we've only had about two months together, I thought the stats so far have been great," Vogel said. "Obviously, we had a slight hiccup tonight. There's a lot of variables and stuff we have to get used to as a unit. We'll look at the film and see exactly what the issue was, and we'll make sure it's corrected by the time the next practice comes around."
Vogel said he wasn't sure if his holds were the problem.
"I don't know," he said. "It's a game of inches. If I miss the spot by an inch or two or Mason thinks the ball's leaning to more of an inside kick, it could really affect the kick. We'll have to go back to the film and see exactly. He on the fly was asking for some stuff and certain things because he's experienced with what he thought needed to be done, so just make adjustments on the fly. Obviously, it didn't go the way he wanted to, but he's a very strong kicker, very experienced, so I don't think this will affect him at all or our unit in general."
Vogel is the only punter on the roster after the Packers waived Jacob Schum this spring. Schum, who sustained a back injury this spring, was Crosby's holder last season. Vogel punted the ball well, as he has for most of camp. He saw all four his punts from midfield downed inside the 15-yard line and then averaged 44.8 yards and 4.37 seconds of hang time on four punts from his own 30.
Brett Goode, the Packers' long-snapper from 2008 to '16, was not re-signed but remains available.
"Obviously, my job is whatever comes back with the snap. If it's good or bad, get it down for him as best as possible and let him react," Vogel said. "I don't know if he thought that we got him out of rhythm or if something occurred like that, but all I know is I have to keep getting it down for him. If he asks for minor adjustments, I'll try to make them on the fly."
Hart was not available for comment after the practice.
"The operation wasn't smooth, I think that was obvious," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "That's a great training opportunity."