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Bart Starr Jersey , the personnel department — with Hendrickson aboard — is hard at work scouting out a hundred or so draft prospects.Packers 2018 Practice Squad Tracker: full ten-man squad is announced As of 1:00 Eastern Time on Sunday, NFL teams can begin putting together their practice squads. Final cuts came down at 4:00 PM Saturday, and with waivers clearing at noon today, players who went unclaimed are eligible to be added to those practice squads.The Green Bay Packers have started putting their squad together already, with a few names showing up on the list already. The first two players on the list are a pair of seventh-round draft picks, both of whom were released by the Packers on Saturday. James Looney and Kendall Donnerson are staying with the organization after going unclaimed
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