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Detroit Lions K Riley Patterson named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week

For the second time this month, the Detroit Lions have one of the NFC's Players of the Week.

Lions kicker Riley Patterson was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after making three field goals and three extra points in last week's upset of the Arizona Cardinals.

Patterson is the first Lions rookie kicker to score 12 points in a game since Jason Hanson in 1992.

Signed off the New England Patriots practice squad last month, Patterson has brought stability to a Lions' kicking game that has cycled through seven kickers this season.