Jonathan Garvin got his cake, but he didn’t get to eat it.
The fourth-year linebacker celebrated his 24th birthday Friday, and the Green Bay Packers wished him well with a tweet at 8:53 a.m. that read, “Smile, it’s your birthday!” with a photo of Garvin indeed smiling.
But around three hours later, Garvin was likely not smiling when Packers head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters that the linebacker was getting cut.
Earlier in the week, Garvin had even been working in drills with defensive linemen, per Packers Wire, even though he was listed as an outside linebacker.