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Frozen Elephant: Can Packers Rookie Trey Smack Succeed Kicking in Lambeau?

Green Bay Packers On SI·Bill Huber·25 days ago
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GREEN BAY – Everyone has had the same question for Trey Smack. Even Matt LaFleur. “I’ve asked him twice now,” LaFleur said. “‘Can you kick in the cold?’ He had a good response for me.” Which was? “I said, ‘I can kick in the cold,’” Smack said. “That’s exactly what I said, and that was it.” Smack didn’t miss many kicks at the University of Florida. He made 82.8 percent of his field-goal attempts in three seasons, including 10-of-13 from 50-plus yards. He missed only one extra point. The frozen elephant in the room, of course, is Smack has never had to kick a big field goal in the snow or when the wind chill is minus-20. The challenge, according to former NFL kicker Matt Stover, is more mental than physical. “Can you overcome the distraction of the conditions?” Stover, who played a pivotal role in Smack going from lacrosse player to sixth-round draft pick, told Packers On SI. Stover would know. He was born in Dallas and played at Louisiana Tech.…

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