GREEN BAY, Wis. – If not for the ACL tear that David Bakhtiari sustained on the practice field on New Year’s Eve, the Green Bay Packers probably would have gone to last year’s Super Bowl.
Can the Packers, aggressively built to win this year’s Super Bowl, survive without Bakhtiari and his top-flight replacement?
Pro Bowl guard Elgton Jenkins solidified his status as one of the NFL’s best offensive linemen by capably replacing Bakhtiari for eight of the first 11 games of this season. Now that Jenkins is out with the knee injury sustained during the fourth quarter at Minnesota on Sunday, the Packers are down to their next, next man up, Yosh Nijman.