GREEN BAY — Matt LaFleur knows full well what a lift his Green Bay Packers would get from getting left tackle David Bakhtiari, cornerback Jaire Alexander or outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith back for the stretch run of the regular season and the NFC playoffs — let alone getting all three All-Pros back.
But the Green Bay Packers coach toed a line between hopeful and evasive about the likelihood of those star players being back in action as LaFleur’s team returned from its bye week Monday.
Asked if Bakhtiari, Alexander or Smith could be back on the practice field this week, LaFleur’s initial one-word answer was encouraging: “Potentially.