On Tuesday, the Green Bay Packers announced that quarterback Kurt Benkert has been elevated to the active roster as a Covid-19 replacement. Benkert, who was added to the roster in the summer as a street free agent, was elevated because backup quarterback Jordan Love tested positive for Covid and was placed on the league’s reserve/Covid-19 list yesterday. This mechanism allows the Packers to bring Benkert up from the practice squad without having to release a player off of their 53-man roster.
This was expected, as we wrote about yesterday in the report about Love’s positive test.