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On Wednesday, the Tennessee Titans claimed former Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Brant Banks, who was waived by the Packers the day prior. Banks’ last play on Sunday, his only game as a member of Green Bay’s 53-man roster, was when he failed to get a hand on a rusher on the field goal protection unit, resulting in the point after touchdown being blocked and returned for two points in a 40-40 tie against the Dallas Cowboys.
Prior to being signed to the 53-man roster last week, Banks was a member of the Packers’ practice squad and had been with Green Bay since he signed as an undrafted rookie back in April. The Packers didn’t make a corresponding move when they released Banks, and now have two open roster spots available on their 53-man roster, which they will probably use on injured reserve or physically unable to perform list activations.
Without Banks, Green Bay has two practice squad offensive linemen: Dalton Cooper, who was picked up via the Kansas City Chiefs after roster cutdowns, and Lecitus Smith, who was signed by the team last week for his fourth stint with the Packers.
Because Green Bay signed Smith to the practice squad when they called Banks up to the active roster, the Packers’ 17-man practice squad is full at the moment. Both Banks and Smith, the latter who was called up from the practice squad to the gameday roster, were active against the Cowboys last weekend. In total, Green Bay was out six offensive linemen (three ruled out with injury and three on injury lists) versus Dallas, forcing the Packers to use their 13th (Banks) and 14th (Smith) linemen in the pecking order.
