The health of Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari continues to be a storyline. Since tearing his ACL in 2020, Bakhtiari has only played in 12 regular season games, creating insecurity on the offensive line on a week-to-week basis. The hope for Packers fans, going into 2023’s practices, was that Bakhtiari’s knee had finally returned to full health — allowing the team to bank on Bakhtiari starting a full season as first-year starting quarterback Jordan Love’s blindside bookend.
Since the start of mandatory practices, though, Bakhtiari has essentially been playing a one-day-on, one-day-off schedule, which head coach Matt LaFleur has called a “modified” practice schedule.