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David Bakhtiari offers no guarantee of return for Packers' playoff opener

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- If there was a long-term benefit to holding out David Bakhtiari in the regular-season finale against the Minnesota Vikings, it’s that’s his ailing left ankle is no worse off heading into the Green Bay Packers’ wild-card playoff game at the Washington Redskins on Sunday.

But it still may be too early to say whether the starting left tackle can return this week after missing the last two games.

“I didn’t have any setbacks, which is nice,” Bakhtiari said Monday. “[Not] having to play in a game, I get a head start for this week.