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Cook, Montgomery suiting up tonight; Packers-Browns scratches

The following players will not play in Friday night’s preseason game between the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns:

Green Bay Packers
7 QB Brett Hundley
12 QB Aaron Rodgers
18 WR Randall Cobb
20 CB Makinton Dorleant
47 LB Jake Ryan
52 LB Clay Matthews
56 LB Julius Peppers
57 C Jacob Flores
58 LB Sam Barrington
60 DT Demetris Anderson
63 C Corey Linsley
68 T Kyle Murphy
72 T Josh James
77 LS Jesse Schmitt
83 WR Jeff Janis
85 TE Mitchell Henry
87 WR Jordy Nelson

Cleveland Browns
12 WR Josh Gordon
16 WR Andrew Hawkins
19 WR Corey Coleman
23 DB Joe Haden
31 DB Trey Caldwell
70 DL Nile Lawrence-Stample
83 WR Dennis Parks
87 TE Seth DeValve
93 DL John Hughes III

Three captains named for Packers-Browns game

As per team tradition, the Packers select game captains each week. Tonight’s captains will be T David Bakhtiari (offense), S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (defense) and LB Jayrone Elliott (special teams).

Vikings trade down one spot

In the final hour before the start of the draft, the Minnesota Vikings have traded down just one spot, from No. 3 to No. 4, and added fourth-, fifth-, and seventh-round picks from the Browns in the process.

Cleveland is expected to take Alabama RB Trent Richardson, and even though the Browns paid a stiff price to move up just one spot, Cleveland came into the draft with the most picks — 13 — one more than the Packers. The Browns have now prevented anyone else from trading with the Vikings for the No. 3 spot and stealing Richardson out from under them.

Now, with the Vikings at 4, they’re reported to still be choosing between USC T Matt Kalil and LSU CB Morris Claiborne, and that hasn’t changed.  The Vikings also could continue trading down.  We’ll see.

The draft is set to begin in about 15 minutes.