DETROIT -- Last season against the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby struggled.

This year? Not so much.

The veteran kicked the game winner in a 23-22 win over the Lions in Week 6 at Lambeau Field, then did it again Sunday in a 23-20 win that guaranteed Green Bay a first-round bye in the playoffs. And both kicks came as time expired, meaning Detroit trailed the Packers for 0 seconds this season and still got swept.

"All I could think about on that last one was getting this team a bye,” said Crosby, who kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired.

Sunday was a far cry from the last time Crosby kicked at Ford Field.

In the Packers’ 2018 visit to Detroit, Crosby missed four field-goal tries and an extra-point try en route to a 31-23 loss. Packer fans were so frustrated that they called for the Packers to fire the veteran.

This season, Crosby has made 21 of 23 attempts and 40 of 41 extra-point tries.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who often sits with Crosby on team flights, said he had no doubt the kicker would send the ball through the uprights as the clock wound down.

“Honestly, I’m thinking, ‘Automatic,’" Rodgers said after the game. “I’m thinking he’s going to make it. That’s the kind of season that he’s had. Not sure why he likes it on the right hash now, but hey. Felt pretty good about it – the best part was I was trying to yell something to him and he was kind of waving me off. He said, ‘Was that you trying to yell at me?’ I said, ‘Yeah!’ And he said, ‘Don’t do that.’ I got it, buddy.”