Last January, the former Packers kicker had just finished playing in a charity golf tournament in Orlando as Green Bay’s NFC Divisional playoff showdown in Dallas approached crunch time.
Mason Crosby was lining up a 56-yard field goal to take the lead with just over a minute and a half left. Shortly thereafter, Crosby was on the field again for a walk-off 51-yarder, which he was forced to kick twice when Dallas called a timeout right before the first snap.
Eyes glued to a TV in a bar at Disney World’s Fort Wilderness – kickers remember every detail – Longwell couldn’t have been more impressed to see his successor in Green Bay come through.