But if there's one thing the Packers' All-Pro left tackle has learned through an extensive and excruciating rehab with his knee, it's that what he wants doesn't dictate the process anymore.
"That was tough for me to accept," Bakhtiari said, after his first 2022 practice on Sunday, of not being able to simply heal himself by force of will. "That's how it's been with all the other injuries.
"I tore my hamstring and hip flexor (in 2017), and I was like, 'All right, I'll give it two weeks.' I broke my ribs (in early 2020), like, 'I don't care if you're complaining, we've got something to do.