Mason Crosby didn't have any excuses Sunday afternoon.

The Green Bay Packers kicker Youth Jamaal Williams Jersey , who had never missed three field goals in a game despite spending 12 seasons at Lambeau Field, missed four and an extra point in a 31-23 loss to the Detroit Lions."I don't usually get this much attention unless I've done something really good or really bad," Crosby told a crowd of reporters after the game. "This one is unfortunately really bad."He got a small amount of redemption by making a 41-yard field goal with 2 seconds left, but his onside kick bounced directly to Detroit's Marvin Jones."This hurts a bunch," he said. "I left a bunch of points on the field for this team, and I'm disappointed. This was something I've never been a part of before and I hope to never be a part of it again."To make things even stranger, the game was played indoors at Ford Field, a kicker's paradise."This is obviously uncharted territory," he said. "It's not good that I was inside and felt great, and then this happened."In his 181st NFL game, he was wide left on a 41-yarder late in the first quarter; hit the right upright from 42 yards early in the second quarter; and missed wide right on a 38-yard attempt with 3:38 left in the first half.In the second half, he missed a 56-yarder and an extra point.None of that was enough to worry his most important teammate."Mason and I have played together for a long time Youth Muhammad Wilkerson Jersey , and I strongly believe he's one of the greatest kickers of all time," Aaron Rodgers said. "He and Robbie Gould have mastered kicking in the elements. He had a bad day today, but we still believe in him 100 percent."Crosby is working with a rookie long snapper in Hunter Bradley and a rookie holder in JK Scott, but they didn't appear to be at fault on any of the kicks. The 34-year-old kicker came into the game having made 10 of 11 field goals this season, with the only miss coming outdoors from 52 yards."I have to look at this, look at every facet of it, and then flush it," he said. "It was one of those days where it just wasn't there, but I've never had a day like that before."After the terrible first half, Crosby had to wait for his next opportunity. The Packers scored a touchdown on their first drive of the second half, but successfully went for 2 to make it 24-8.The Packers had their next chance to kick a field goal late in the third quarter when they faced fourth-and-4 from the Lions 30. Crosby jogged onto the field, but the Packers decided to go for it. Rodgers scrambled for the first down www.greenbaypackersteamonline.com , setting up Green Bay's second touchdown.If Crosby had made the three medium-range field goals in the first half, the Packers could have been within 24-23 instead of trailing 24-14. The missed kicks meant Matthew Stafford's touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter gave the Lions a commanding 31-14 lead."We're going to take a long look at what happened," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "We're going to be better next Monday against San Francisco."Rodgers answered with his third touchdown pass of the half to make it 31-20, but Crosby's extra point hit the outside of the left upright and bounced harmlessly wide.Needing two scores to tie, the Packers elected for a 56-yard field goal attempt on fourth-and-15 with 3:20 to play. Crosby's low kick slid to the right for his fifth miss of the day.He finally made his last attempt, ending the day with a little hope."I obviously needed to hit that one," he said. "We'll take that and move forward with it."Packers Game Balls: Rodgers & receivers lead Green Bay to an improbable victory For the first time in the franchise’s history, the Green Bay Packers won a game in which they entered the fourth quarter down by at least 17 points. Shocker: Aaron Rodgers was the biggest reason for that, and it should come as no surprise that he gets our nod for the first Game Ball in the 24-23 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday night.Here are a few players who deserve special attention for their performances in the opening game of the season.QB Aaron RodgersWho else could get the top honor? Rodgers was hamstrung by an ugly offense and playcalling early on before suffering his ugly knee injury early in the second quarter, but his return jump-started that moribund unit and led to the comeback victory. Playing the second half essentially on one leg, he finished the day 20-for-30 with 286 yards and three touchdowns — one to each of his top three wide receivers and all of which came in the fourth quarter.After the game, Rodgers told NBC’s Michelle Tafoya why he was so intent on returning to the game after halftime:“It’s the Bear-Packer rivalry. It would have to take something really catastrophic injury-wise to keep me off the field in the second half. I went in the locker room Green Bay Packers T-Shirt , did all the tests ... I knew when I got back on the field in the second half, the adrenaline (would) start going, I’d be able to hang in there.”He did much more than just hang in there. He led the Packers to one of the team’s most memorable victories in the last several years.WR Randall CobbCobb was responsible for the game’s biggest play, hauling in a pass from Rodgers over the middle on third-and-ten from the Packers’ 25-yard line and finding space to go the distance for a go-ahead, 75-yard touchdown. But that play was hardly Cobb’s only notable one in the game. Not including that play, Cobb still caught eight more passes for 67 yards, and he also served as the team’s punt returner with Trevor Davis inactive. Cobb only returned one of Patrick O’Donnell’s four punts, but he did so for seven yards and he provided sure hands on fair catches as well.All told, Cobb showed why he was the receiver the Packers kept instead of Jordy Nelson, as he served as Rodgers’ security blanket for much of the game.OLB Nick PerryThis isn’t awarded for a full-game performance, Perry didn’t play a ton, as Reggie Gilbert took a number of snaps on the edge Green Bay Packers Hats , but late in the game he effectively sealed the deal. After a Clay Matthews roughing the passer penalty wiped out a critical fourth-down stop with the Packers up 24-23, Perry came up with a strip-sack of Mitchell Trubisky on another essential fourth down, all but locking in a Packers victory. Perry had a total of five tackles, including that big play.Honorable mention: RT Bryan BulagaYes, I’m going there. Yes, Bulaga struggled to block Khalil Mack in the first half, particularly when DeShone Kizer took over for Rodgers in the second quarter. But after halftime, Bulaga largely kept Mack in check, as the superstar pass-rusher didn’t get much pressure on Rodgers at all in the final 30 minutes. Bulaga’s ability to hold up one-on-one during the Packers’ comeback was essential to the success of said comeback.