GREEN BAY — David Bakhtiari had been back on the field for, oh, roughly seven plays when Aaron Rodgers decided that his blindside protector and BFF had gotten sufficiently re-acclimated.
The Green Bay Packers’ five-time All-Pro left tackle, sidelined for more than a year because of a torn ACL suffered in his left knee during a New Year’s Eve practice late last season and the resulting reconstructive surgery that followed last January, had finally gotten back in a game on Jan. 9 in Detroit.
For weeks, Bakhtiari had been watching from the sideline as Rodgers dealt the ball expeditiously, taking quick throws instead of extending plays.