After missing Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari spoke to the media for the first time on Wednesday, putting to bed any notions that his absence was due to the artificial turf playing surface at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Even before this Week 2 game with Atlanta took place, Bakhtiari’s feelings about turf surfaces were well known–he’s not a fan, to put it mildly. This topic was then at the forefront of conversations last week, given that Bakhtiari’s close friend, Aaron Rodgers, suffered a season-ending Achilles injury on a turf field.