{"id":1723437,"date":"2022-06-17T16:07:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T20:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/?post_type=station&#038;p=1723437"},"modified":"2022-06-18T03:51:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T07:51:01","slug":"green-bay-packers-waive-quarterback-kurt-benkert","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/green-bay-packers-waive-quarterback-kurt-benkert\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers Waive Quarterback Kurt Benkert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The Green Bay Packers have waived quarterback Kurt Benkert according to NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Packers<\/a> are waiving backup QB Kurt Benkert, per source.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1537885623817629697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Benkert, 26, was with the Packers for the 2021 season. Before that, he was on the Atlanta Falcons after being an undrafted free agent in the 2018 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>So far in his career, his only NFL game action has been to go in for the victory formation.<\/p>\n<p>The move leaves the Packers with three quarterbacks on their roster heading into the preseason: <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RodgAa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LoveJo03.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\">Jordan Love<\/a> and Danny Etling. Rodgers will man his usual spot under center, while Love will back him up and Etling will provide depth.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to check out our brand new&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thegamehaus.com\/nfl\/\">NFL page<\/a> for more content like Green Bay Packers Waive Quarterback Kurt Benkert!<\/p>\n<p><em>The Game Haus on Facebook and <\/em><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TGHSports\"><em>follow<\/em><\/a><em> us on Twitter for more sports and esports articles from great TGH writers!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1723438,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","type":"","auto_type":false,"post":"","stream":"","stream_url":"","waveform_data":[],"duration":0,"bpm":0,"downloadable":false,"download_url":"","purchase_title":"","purchase_url":"","post-count-all":0,"like_count":0,"download_count":0,"editor_note":"","copyright":"","captions":[]},"genre":[81],"artist":[14057],"mood":[],"activity":[],"station_tag":[5516,5462,8833,16771,16772,16773,16774,7005,14457,14462,16775,16776,16777,16778,16779,16780,5493,14033],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station\/1723437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/station"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=1723437"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=1723437"},{"taxonomy":"mood","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mood?post=1723437"},{"taxonomy":"activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity?post=1723437"},{"taxonomy":"station_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station_tag?post=1723437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}