GREEN BAY, Wis. – Besides David Bakhtiari and his family, no one was happier that the Green Bay Packers locked up their starting left tackle than Aaron Rodgers.
What quarterback wouldn’t love a blind-side blocker who didn’t allow a single sack the last 10 games of last season and started this year the same way?
“A quarterback's best friend when John Kuhn's not here is left tackle,” Rodgers said Wednesday, referring to former the Packers fullback. “John told me to say that. But it's important to have a left tackle that you can count on.
“I got to be at the Hall of Fame this year and see [Orlando] Pace, and Walter Jones was there.