Raiders’ kicker honored by league for second time this season

Raiders’ kicker Daniel Carlson has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts successful a 36-33 overtime triumph implicit the Cowboys connected Thanksgiving.

Carlson made each 8 of his kicks, including 5 tract goals, successful the victory. He connected connected a 56-yarder to springiness the Raiders a pb with 1:57 to play successful regularisation earlier booting 1 done from 29 yards retired with 4:31 to play successful overtime to extremity the game.

His heroics came conscionable 3 days aft missing a signifier owed to illness.

“I was hitting them beauteous good each game, truly each week,” helium said aft the game. “I had a small nutrient poisoning connected Monday; speech from that, I was feeling beauteous good. Just hitting the shot successful pregame, I felt beauteous confident. One footwear astatine a time. Wherever the squad is capable to acceptable maine up, I person to spell retired determination and bash my job. The full unit, each day, did a bully job. They helped maine out.”

The fourth-year pro retired of Auburn finished with a season-high 18 points successful the game.

Carlson besides won the grant successful Week 2 and had earned the grant doubly earlier this season, making him conscionable the 2nd subordinate successful franchise past to bash truthful astatine slightest 4 times. Sebastian Janikowski captured the grant connected 7 occasions.

Cincinnati moving backmost Joe Mixon was the victor connected discourtesy and Denver cornerback Pat Surtain earned the motion connected defense.

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