GREEN BAY, Wis. – If David Bakhtiari is in the Green Bay Packers’ starting lineup on Sunday at the Minnesota Vikings, it would obviously be huge if he could return to something approximating his vintage form for matchups against Za’Darius Smith and Danielle Hunter.
Offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich, Bakhtiari’s position coach the previous three seasons, has much smaller immediate goals.
“You don’t want to go in there and say, ‘Hey, when you get back out there, you better be back at how you were playing in 2020 before you got hurt,’” Stenavich said after Thursday’s practice. “I want him when he gets out there, just be a great leader, have great energy and do the little things – the finishing of your blocks, good communication, all that stuff.