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Part of an NFL kicker’s job requires the ability to compartmentalize each kick within every game. To not let the emotions of one kick bleed over and impact another. In 2019, Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby was tasked with balancing even more in his contract year: his wife, Molly, was diagnosed with lung cancer before the start of training camp.
Molly had surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, on the Friday before the Packers' final preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs. In early March 2020, Molly returned for a checkup.