Packers third-string QB Kurt Benkert sees benefits in being at the bottom of the depth chart

GREEN BAY, Wis. — He’d never met his general manager before. Terry Fontenot hadn’t been in Atlanta long, barely a month. So when Kurt Benkert’s phone buzzed in February, and it was Fontenot on the other line, the young quarterback instantly perked up. 

The excitement disappeared almost immediately. 

“I was like, ‘Hey, nice to meet you,’” Benkert said. “And he was like, ‘Hey, yeah. This isn’t that type of call.’” 

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