On Thursday, The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman wrote an article titled “What will the Packers do at left tackle this offseason to protect Jordan Love?” Obviously, it touched on the upcoming decision that Green Bay will have to make about their franchise left tackle David Bakhtiari, who is coming off a surgery to repair his knee cartilage that has kept him off the field for most games since his 2020 ACL tear.
This part of Schneidman’s article was blown out of proportion on social media since the piece went live:
The Packers will assuredly trade or release Bakhtiari — maybe the New York Jets fork over a late-round pick to reunite Bakhtiari with his old golf cart buddy Aaron Rodgers, and that’s not a joke — despite the possibility that he’s still elite when healthy, as he showed for a brief Sunday against the Chicago Bears in September.