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Chicago - Kicker Mason Crosby was clearly disappointed in his performance at Soldier Field Sunday afternoon after missing two field goals.

"Obviously its frustrating whenever you're not making kicks," he said after the Packers beat the Bears 21-13. "But the biggest thing is that I'm not making the kicks to put this team up by two touchdowns. That was my thing. That was six points there and if we're up two touchdowns, it's a different end. But the result is the same. We won the game, just a little different ending."

UPDATE : Packers coach Mike McCarthy was asked in his post-game press conference if Crosby was testing the staff's patience. His response: "Mason needs to make those kicks. We are at that time of the year. We left points on the field today with two missed field goals and two makeable field goals. Also you factor in some of the decisions you make after that, so it is time for him to step up."

Then McCarthy was asked about his confidence in the kicking game: "We are not changing our kicker, so you can write that down right now. He is our guy. He needs to make those kicks; he knows that."

Crosby's first miss was a 43 yard miss wide right in the second quarter.

"I just missed it right," he said. "It was just one of those conditions out there where I just didn't make it.

"I didn't make two kicks today but we won the game and we won the division. This is a team sport and that's how we do it."

He said the conditions were fairly decent; the temperature was 44 degrees at kickoff and there really wasn't any wind. The grass didn't look too bad, at least people weren't slipping on it.

"I had to figure out the footing early in warmups," said Crosby. "I was hitting the ball well."

Crosby did not duck out of media questions and answered every one in the postgame locker room. He said his approach Wednesday will be the same, to keep kicking the ball. He also said there was not a chance he was fatigued from over kicking.

"I just have to keep that same approach in my process: straight and positive," said Crosby. "That's the only way I can approach it."

The Packers also elected to go for a pass from Aaron Rodgers to Randall Cobb on a fourth down play in the third quarter, which worked, instead of a field goal - the usual protocol, especially on the road.

"Well it worked," said Crosby. "It was a situation where we wanted to get some momentum right there right after half. We came in, we talked about it, we wanted a touchdown right after half. And that’s what we did. That’s just part of the game, a call that Coach McCarthy is going to make on occasion and it worked out."

Crosby also missed a 42-yard field goal that hit the left goal post early in the fourth quarter. Crosby said his frame of mind was fine, and not rattled by the first missed kick.

"I erase every kick after it’s done," said Crosby. "We came out of half and hit balls. I thought I put a decent strike on it. Might have just been a little quick. The wind just took it left more than I was hoping. That’s one that I will have to move on. I have to be excited that we won this. I have to be excited that we won the North Division.

"We’re going to the playoffs and everything that we want to do is in front of us. I can’t sit and sulk and think about missed kicks because I’ve got to make kicks, we’re going to get to the playoffs and there’s going to be some big ones down the line here."

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