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          Martellus Bennett to wear 80 for Packers; Ty Montgomery stays with 88

          • Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterMar 13, 2017, 02:00 PM
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              Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him on Twitter at @RobDemovsky.
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          Number 80 it is for Martellus Bennett.

          The Green Bay Packers tight end let the fans decide what uniform number he would wear with his new team in a Twitter poll he posted on Saturday – one day after he signed a three-year, $21 million deal.

          Bennett wore No. 88 last season with the New England Patriots, but apparently that’s not going to be available in Green Bay. Ty Montgomery wore it the past two seasons but was expected to change to a traditional running back number for this season after converting from receiver, but apparently that’s not happening.

          Montgomery posted on Twitter over the weekend that he’s keeping No. 88 and cited another former NFL player, Rod Bernstine, who made a position switch but kept his number. Bernstine, who wore No. 82 as a tight end, kept that number when he moved to running back.

          After last season, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Montgomery planned to change his number for this season.