GREEN BAY - The Green Bay Packers made a low-risk gamble signing veteran Jaylon Smith to a minimum-wage deal on Oct. 7, hoping to see if he had anything left and could help strengthen the defense and the locker room culture.
Four weeks later, the Packers have pulled the plug on the tryout.
At the same time, the Packers made the decision to part ways with long snapper Hunter Bradley, whose struggles this season have been evident but rarely acknowledged in public by coach Matt LaFleur and special teams coach Maurice Drayton.
They are replacing Bradley on the 53-man roster with practice squad long snapper Steven Wirtel.