The Green Bay Packers announced that they had restructured the contract of starting left tackle David Bakhtiari on Friday. The deal converted salary and roster bonus into signing bonus and freed up roughly $7.52 million of cap space.
Bakhtiari finally returned to action in 2022 after missing nearly all the 2021 season due to complications from a knee injury he suffered shortly before the 2020 regular-season finale.
In 2022, Bakhtiari returned to form when he was in the lineup. According to Pro Football Focus, the veteran left tackle did not allow a sack this past season. He graded out extremely well and remains an elite pass blocker and a very good run blocker.