GREEN BAY, Wis. – David Bakhtiari is the key to the Green Bay Packers’ offensive line. He was while on his way to five All-Pro honors. He was when he suffered a torn ACL late in the 2020 season and was unavailable for the playoffs and almost all the following season. And he is again as he appears set to start his fifth consecutive game on Sunday at the Washington Commanders.
With every time he practices and every game he starts, the belief builds that Bakhtiari’s long and arduous comeback is out of day-to-day mode. With confidence that Bakhtiari can start this Sunday and next Sunday and the following Sundays, perhaps the team will think it’s safe to make a big change on the offensive line.