Mason Crosby's heads-up play kept Packers alive

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GREEN BAY – It was the best play of Mason Crosby ’s career that didn’t involve his right foot.Crosby’s strip of Vikings kickoff returner Cordarrelle Patterson at the end of a 70-yard runback in the fourth quarter temporarily saved the game for the Packers. It gave the offense one more shot to tie things up, but Green Bay still lost, 20-13, on Sunday night at Lambeau Field.

View Gallery | 75 Photos Game Photos: Packers vs. VikingsThe Packers had just cut the deficit to seven points with 5:35 left when Patterson took Crosby’s kickoff one yard deep in the end zone and weaved into some open territory. As he crossed midfield…