Challenge for conscientious Tim Masthay: Just do your job

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay Packers punter Tim Masthay held off a training-camp challenger to keep his job, then went on to break the franchise record for net average.

Now, if the self-critical Masthay would just be a little less conscientious, a little less of a worry wart, his coaches believe he’d be even better.

Days after the team’s season-ending Jan. 16 NFC divisional playoff loss at Arizona, Masthay was still kicking himself over a poor first punt in that game, a 37-yard low kick that netted just 25 yards (thanks to Patrick Peterson’s 12-yard return) and gave the Cardinals a short field they converted into their first touchdown.

Tim Masthay's solid season ended on a down note with a…