Packers Are Getting Crushed for Releasing Linebacker on His Birthday

Sometimes the business can be cold.

A birthday may be a special celebration, but it doesn’t stop from business being conducted. Just ask linebacker Jonathan Garvin about that.

Friday marked Garvin’s 24th birthday, and the Packers wished their linebacker a Happy Birthday with a tweet in the morning to mark the occasion. However, the show still goes on, as coach Matt LaFleur told reporters at his press conference that Green Bay released Garvin from the team just three hours after the social media account sent the birthday tweet.

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— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) July 28, 2023

Once fans noticed what Green Bay did, they sounded off on the decision to let Garvin go on his day of celebration.

Damn that’s cold

— Jon “JR” Rhoades (@jrs_rankings) July 28, 2023

It’s one way to turn 24. https://t.co/pvxralAMY2

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 28, 2023

this is incredibly savage https://t.co/oVfl4Wkovv

— Adam the dont stare directly at the sun worm (@trislerstudz) July 28, 2023

I urge front offices to coordinate with their social media teams, FTLOG https://t.co/sHsGnVPtU3

— Mahesh K (@MaheshNYCTO) July 28, 2023

The timing! 😬

They literally gave him a “Stephen A Singing Birthday Wish!” 😬 https://t.co/AAlICMOvdg

— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (IG:twdbk3) (@sluggahjells) July 28, 2023

Couldn't wait for a non-birthday day to cut the guy? https://t.co/aOE4Rzf4os

— Patrick Griffin (@patrickdgriffin) July 28, 2023

"Why does my birthday cake say Happy Free Agency Day?"

— Robert Thomas the Tank Engine (@RobThomTheTank) July 28, 2023

The Packers took Garvin in the seventh round of the 2020 draft out of Miami, and the linebacker spent the past three seasons on the Green Bay roster. In his career, Garvin has played in 38 games, including one start, while totaling 32 tackles and 1.5 sacks.