Packers' Mason Crosby named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week

By: CBS 58 Sports

Posted: Sep 29, 2021 8:07 AM CDT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby was named NFC's Special Team's Player of the Week.

Crosby converted all three of his field goal attempts (54 yards, 38 yards and a game-winning 51-yard field goal as time expired) in Green Bay’s dramatic Sunday Night Football victory in San Francisco.

Nobody better in the clutch.

For a team-record eighth time in his career, @crosbykicks2 is the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.#GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/BU2gwPRnx8
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) September 29, 2021

This is the eighth-career Special Teams Player of the Week award for Crosby:

2007: Week 1
2010: Week 1
2011: Weeks 5, 7
2013: Week 5
2015: Week 11
2018: Week 6
2021: Week 3

Crosby becomes the third player to win at least eight Player of the Week awards with Green Bay, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre (12-time winner) and Aaron Rodgers (18-time winner).

Congrats!

NFC Players of the Week! (Week 3)@byronmurphy | @crosbykicks2 pic.twitter.com/ZPObeqBwJB
— NFL (@NFL) September 29, 2021