GREEN BAY — For as long as Mason Crosby can remember, his younger brother, Rees, has sent him a motivational text message before every NFL game he’s ever played in.
The snippets of wisdom, which Crosby describes as “epic,” are meant to provide a little inspiration and final pep talk for his older brother before he takes the field.
On Sunday night, it wasn’t just Rees’ words that provided Crosby with inspiration as he made the longest game-winning field goal in NFL playoff history to lift the Packers to a 34-31 win over the Cowboys in the NFC Divisional playoffs.