Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari will likely have to wait at least another week to make his first start in 2021, as head coach Matt LaFleur stated that the team is “unloading” the bookend. Bakhtiari, recovering off of multiple knee surgeries for a 2020 torn ACL, returned to the active roster on November 10th with the hope that he could return to the field shortly thereafter. Nearly a month and a half later, though, it appears that Bakhtiari’s knee has taken some sort of setback again.
Bakhtiari began the season on the physically unable to perform list, which forces players to miss at least the first six weeks of the season.