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PACKERS AT BENGALS - PRESEASON WEEK 3DOWN THE MIDDLEIn 2011, his fifth year in the NFL, K Mason Crosby registered the finestseason of his career.Crosby ranked No. 4 among kickers last season with 140 points and No.3 in the league with 49 touchbacks. His 85.7 field goal percentage (24-of-28), a career-high, ranked No. 10 in the league.Crosby became only the second player in franchise history (PaulHornung) and the sixth player in NFL history to register two ormore seasons with 140-plus points:Player140-Point Seasons1. David Akers 32t. Mason Crosby 22t. Gino Cappelletti 22t. Priest Holmes 22t. Paul Hornung 22t. Mike Vanderjagt 2Crosby joined Ryan Longwell (eight seasons) as the only players infranchise history to post five 100-point seasons. Crosby holds the toptwo scoring marks (no TDs) in team history:PlayerMost Points (No TDs)1. Mason Crosby, 2007 1412t. Mason Crosby, 2011 1402t. Ryan Longwell, 2000 131In 2011, Crosby broke Chris Jacke’s franchise record for the most consecutivefield goals made in the regular season. Dating back to Week 13of 2010, Crosby made 23 consecutive FGs before his 29-yard attempt inWeek 12 vs. Tampa Bay last season hit the right upright:KickerConsecutive FGs Made1. Mason Crosby, 2010-11 232. Chris Jacke, 1993 173. Chris Jacke, 1989-90 15Crosby set a franchise record for extra points made and posted thesecond-highest total by a kicker since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger:KickerExtra Points Made1. Stephen Gostkowski, NE, 2007 742. Mason Crosby, GB, 2011 683. Uwe von Schamann, MIA, 1984 66Crosby’s 58-yard FG at Minnesota in Week 7 topped the previous franchisemark of 56 yards he set at Philadelphia in 2010 and earlier thisseason in Atlanta in Week 5.Crosby is the only kicker in the NFL with three field goals of 56-plusyards since 2010.With 649 career points (No. 5 in team history), Crosby set an NFL recordfor the most points scored by a player in his first five seasons in theleague.PlayerMost Points (First 5 Seasons)1. Mason Crosby, GB, 2007-11 6492. Chip Lohmiller, WAS, 1988-92 6253. Nate Kaeding, SD, 2004-08 607MASTERFUL EFFORTP Tim Masthay may have not had many opportunities to punt the ball in2011, but he made the most of the chances he did get last season.Masthay set a single-season franchise record (min. 35 punts)with a gross punting average of 45.6 yards on the season:PlayerPunting Avg.1. Tim Masthay, 2011 45.62. Craig Hentrich, 1997 45.03. Jerry Norton, 1963 44.7Masthay also set a franchise record for net punting average (since1976). He now holds the top two marks in franchise history:PlayerNet Punting Avg.1. Tim Masthay, 2011 38.562. Tim Masthay, 2010 37.653. Jon Ryan, 2007 37.60Over the final 10 games in 2011, Masthay posted a gross average of48.1 yards and a net average of 43.6. He placed 19 of his 34 punts (55.9percent) inside the 20-yard line over that span.At Kansas City in Week 15, Masthay posted career highs (min. fourattempts) in gross average (53.4) and net average (46.2). He boomeda career-long 71-yard punt, the longest by a Packer since Jon Ryan’s72-yarder vs. Detroit on Dec. 30, 2007. The gross average ranks No.4 in team annals and the net average checks in at No. 3 (since 1976).In Week 13 at the N.Y. Giants, Masthay placed four punts inside the20-yard line, the second straight week he had done so. He earned NFCSpecial Teams Player of the Week honors for the performance againstNew York, the second straight season he won the award after an outingat MetLife Stadium (Week 8 at N.Y. Jets in 2010).Masthay became the first Green Bay punter to post four puntsinside the 20-yard line in consecutive games since the statisticbegan to be recorded in 1976.In Week 7 at Minnesota, Masthay only punted three times, but he registereda gross average of 59.3 and a net average of 55.3.His 59.3-yard gross average was the best by a Green Bay punter withthree or more attempts since Don Chandler registered a 59.7-yard averageon three punts vs. San Francisco on Oct. 10, 1965.Masthay’s 55.3-yard net average at Minnesota in Week 7 was the bestby a Packers punter with three or more attempts since the NFLbegan tracking net punting average in 1976. It was also the third best byan NFL punter in a game (min. three attempts) since 1976.Masthay recorded a punt of 65 yards or more in Weeks 6 and 7. He wasthe first Green Bay punter to accomplish that feat in back-to-back gamessince Chandler did so in 1965.The Packers punted just 55 times last season. That was the franchiserecord for the fewest punts by Green Bay since the NFL went to a16-game schedule in 1978, besting the previous mark of 62 punts in2007.Green Bay ranked No. 3 in the league in fewest punts last season behindonly New Orleans and San Diego (47 punts each).14