Packers' Crosby eager to bounce back after 2021 struggles

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby took an unusual step to establish an immediate kinship with his new holder.

When former Chicago Bears punter Pat O’Donnell was looking for a place for his family to live after signing with the Packers in March, Crosby invited them to stay over at his house.

“We just wanted to get to know them as much as possible early on, so that as we moved through this, it just kind of makes things easier,” Crosby said.

Crosby and O’Donnell had only known each other as opponents up until this point.

But in the three weeks that the O’Donnell family stayed at their house, they got to know each other well enough to produce a video homage to the movie…