Not once did he miss from less than 30 yards, and the average length of the 11 misses was 44 yards. And, on the nine occasions when Jacke had a field goal in the final 2 minutes of regulation or in overtime to win the game, he came through seven times. That's just a convenient cop-out. Jacke missed two games in eight seasons for the Packers. Just because he was injured for a team with a turf field doesn't mean he would have been injured for a team with a grass field.
Different teams require more work from their kickers in practice, too.
Jacke makes that kick. Defending a Super Bowl championship is a brutal assignment. Electing to do so with a rookie kicker after dumping a veteran who had overcome all the mental hurdles that confront a kicker in the NFL was nonsensical. Not only that, but it was so out of character for a coach and a general manager that factor out emotion in making decisions. Forget the money factor, which management has tried to use in portraying Jacke as greedy.