GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers signed Kurt Benkert on Monday in their latest attempt to add quarterback depth while MVP Aaron Rodgers’ future with the team remains unclear.
Green Bay has signed both Benkert and
Rodgers, who reportedly wants out of Green Bay, and 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love had been the only quarterbacks on the Packers’ roster.
The Packers had brought Benkert and Chad Kelly in for tryouts during the team’s rookie minicamp last week.
Benkert, who is 6-foot-3 and 218 pounds, signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2018 as an undrafted free agent out of Virginia. He spent the 2018 and 2020 seasons on Atlanta’s practice squad and was on injured reserve in 2019.
The 25-year-old Benkert has never appeared in an NFL regular-season game.
Green Bay is facing an uncertain quarterback situation after
Packers CEO Mark Murphy
that he, general manager Brian Gutekunst and coach Matt LaFleur had met with Rodgers “on a number of occasions” during the offseason.
who has three years remaining on his contract.
“We want him back in the worst way,”
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