Earlier this week, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was asked if left tackle David Bakhtiari — who was recently placed on injured reserve — was going to be out for the remainder of the regular season with his knee injury. LaFleur told the media that Bakhtiari wanted to make his own statement to the press about the subject, which the bookend finally did on Friday.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Kassidy Hill, Bakhtiari stated that playing this year “is no longer a possibility” and that his focus has now shifted to the 2024 season.