Packers sign punter Pat O’Donnell, their 2022 starter

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty ImagesAccording to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Green Bay Packers have re-signed punter Pat O’Donnell — their starter from 2022 — to their roster. This was likely a precautionary procedure, as the team’s starting punter, Daniel Whelan, popped up on the injury report this week with an illness.

However, O’Donnell was signed to the team’s practice squad, not the Packers’ 53-man roster. Along with the transaction, Silverstein also announced that only outside linebacker Keshawn Banks was brought up from the team’s practice squad to the gameday roster for tonight’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. That means that O’Donnell will not be…