Packers cut Blake Bortles, activate Kurt Benkert from practice squad COVID list

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The Packers cut quarterback Blake Bortles from the practice squad Monday after activating third quarterback Kurt Benkert from the practice squad COVID-19 reserve list.

Green Bay signed Bortles on Nov. 4 after Benkert and Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19. Rodgers returned Saturday.

Bortles served as Jordan Love‘s backup against the Chiefs in Week 9 but did not play.

Bortles, the third overall choice of the Jaguars in 2014, spent much of the…