GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers will be without one of their most important players for at least the first six weeks of the regular season.
All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari, protector of Aaron Rodgers' blind side, will stay on the physically unable to perform list while the team makes its roster cuts down to 53 players on Tuesday, a source confirmed.
By rule, players on reserve/PUP are ineligible to play or practice for the first six weeks.
Bakhtiari, who tore the ACL in his left knee in practice on Dec.