Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur said swelling in David Bakhtiari’s surgically repaired knee was to blame for his team’s starting left tackle missing Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Bakhtiari was listed as questionable entering the contest and was made inactive for Sunday despite playing in Week 1. LaFleur dismissed the idea that the artificial turf in Atlanta played a factor in Bakhtiari’s availability.
“His knee is injured. There was swelling,” LaFleur said Monday.
LaFleur also said he didn’t think Bakhtiari would have played Sunday had the game been at Lambeau Field.