INDIANAPOLIS - The Green Bay Packers didn't get much out of Martellus Bennett on the field, and they won't be getting anything back from his bank account.
The team's attempt to recoup signing bonus money through a grievance filed late last year was turned down by an independent arbitrator on Tuesday, Packers president Mark Murphy confirmed to ESPN at the NFL scouting combine.
Murphy said the Packers can appeal to a panel, and they will discuss whether to do so.
The Packers gave Bennett a $6.3 million signing bonus as part of a three-year, $21 million contract signed last March.