According to the Associated Press, two National Football League veterans announced their retirement on Tuesday. They were former Super Bowl champion kicker Mason Crosby of Lubbock, Texas and former Pro Bowl safety Micah Hyde of Toledo, Ohio.
Crosby, who retired at 40 years of age, played 17 seasons with the Green Bay Packers from 2007 to 2023. He made 400 of 492 field goal attempts in 261 games. Crosby also made 739 of 760 converts. He led the NFL in converts thrice (46 in 2008, 68 in 211, and 59 in 2020).
Crosby was part of the Packers team that won Super Bowl XLV, as the Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas. In the six-point Green Bay win, Crosby made four converts, one field goal, and had one solo tackle. The field goal made was a 23-yard chip shot that came with two minutes and seven seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Hyde was part of the Bills’s practice squad this past season. His final game was a 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional round on January 21, 2024.
Hyde had 644 combined tackles (482 solo tackles and 162 assisted tackles) in 158 games. He had eight quarterback hits, 24 interceptions for 252 yards and one touchdown, 66 pass deflections, five forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries for 25 yards and five sacks. The touchdown was a pick six for 26 yards and came in a 38-20 Bills win over the Kansas City Chiefs on October 10, 2021.
Hyde’s Pro Bowl season came in 2017. That season he had 82 combined tackles (65 solo tackles and 17 assisted tackles), two tackles for a loss, five interceptions for 64 yards and 13 pass deflections. The two tackles for a loss that season came in Bills wins. The first came on October 1 in a 23-17 Bills win over the Atlanta Falcons and the second came on December 17 in a 24-16 Bills win over the Miami Dolphins.
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