-- For as many positives as there are to take away from Sunday's tie at Lambeau Field, Mason Crosby certainly has to be near the top of the list.

The Green Bay Packers' all-time leading scorer set a new career high in field goals attempted in a single game with the six he lined up for against the Minnesota Vikings. He was 5-for-5 up until the closing seconds of the game with a chance to secure the victory and a 2-0 start to the season.

He was also one of the biggest reasons why the Packers were even in control of the game at the times that they were with a red zone offense that went 1-for-5.

"Everything seemed fine," Crosby told Packers.com of the holding operations prior to his 52-yard attempt. "Had a great day up to that point. It’s disappointing not to come through there for the team. We’ll just keep working and making sure that we’re better next week."

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers engineered four plays in less than 31 seconds -- one of them being a spike to stop the clock -- to work down the field and get into field goal range for Crosby. The field goal unit just couldn't finish the job; a rarity for Crosby.

"It’s gross. I hate losing," Crosby said. "Ties are just weird, you just don’t get them a lot. It’s a weird feeling, trying to process through how it all went. A lot of really good things out there on both sides of the ball, we’ll just evaluate this one and learn from it."

It was the first time the Packers had tied in a game since the 2013 season -- also against the Vikings -- when Matt Flynn was the starting quarterback. However, they had a one-legged Rodgers for this contest after he had dealt with swelling and slight pain in his left knee throughout the course of the week.

Still, the Packers had multiple opportunities to beat arguably the best defense in the league.

Since 2008, the Packers were 12-2 entering Sunday when Crosby attempted four-or-more field goals in a game. That record, obviously, tacks on an additional "1" at the end of it after the day's events.

Complete with a rookie long-snapper and rookie placeholder in Hunter Bradley and JK Scott, respectively, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer called a timeout just as Crosby booted the first kick through the uprights in an effort to ice him.

"I wasn’t thinking about that," Crosby said. "Just trying to execute the kick. Playing for a little left-to-right movement, must’ve just held it over there a little too much."

While Crosby's day didn't end as planned, Vikings rookie kicker Daniel Carlson may have had to find an alternate way back to Minnesota after a miserable showing on Sunday.

Carlson, holding Vikings fans captive with a dismal performance, was 0-for-3 on his field goal attempts, including missing two in the overtime period. One of which that would've won the game in the final seconds for the Vikings, but instead, left both teams with a tie on their records.

Crosby, a 12-year veteran and having already achieved the ultimate pinnacle of his position by winning a Super Bowl and booting through many a game-winning kick, did talk to Carlson after the game and offer his own sound choice of words.

"He’s young. Just keep his head up. Obviously had a tough day there. ... That’s a tough one for him, and he’ll have to learn from that and process through. Hopefully, as a young guy, he can do that."