Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari tore his ACL during a late-December practice, keeping him out of Green Bay’s postseason run.
Based on the usual recovery time for the injury, Bakhtiari’s status for Week 1 is in doubt. But General Manager Brian Gutekunst had a positive outlook on the offensive lineman’s status.
“I haven’t seen Dave in three weeks to a month, but all the reports are fantastic, and when he left here he was way ahead of schedule,” Gutekunst said Monday, via Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “We have a lot of confidence in David and the way he takes care of his body, the way he works, how important it is to him, what a professional he is, that he’s going to be on target with all that stuff.