“When I step between the white lines and put my jersey down, it doesn’t matter,” Bakhtiari said.
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Bakhtiari said he wasn’t 100 percent entering that game - he explained this more in detail in an interview with Cheesehead TV shortly after the 2021 season ended - but wouldn’t discuss whether playing inflicted any longer-term damage or whether he would’ve been available for the Packers’ lone playoff game he missed if he hadn’t played in Week 18. When I’m ready, I’ll be out there, and what I can say is I do feel really good.”īakhtiari played 27 offensive snaps last season, all coming in a relatively meaningless Week 18 game in Detroit that Bakhtiari played in only to get his feet wet before the playoffs. General manager Brian Gutekunst: “We’re not going to put a timetable on it … I think we’re cautiously optimistic.”Ĭoach Matt LaFleur: “I’m not a doctor and that’s not my expertise, so as soon as they clear him, then he’ll be ready to go.”īakhtiari, who called his concern level “low”: “Everyone loves timelines. After all, they’d be foolish to pin his return to a set date given how unpredictable the health of his knee has proved to be. Those who spoke about Bakhtiari on Day 1 of training camp offered little insight into his return timetable. Really like where I’m at, especially compared to just where I was overall last year.” /SVU5o9wHJ9 … I would say I really enjoy how my knee functions, operates and moves.”ĭavid Bakhtiari: “Concern level: low. It’s just there (are) other issues that we’re navigating around. It’s actually been a long time ago that we put that chapter to bed. “Now it’s just getting that normal feeling again when I play football, so that’s what it is, the load, stress, strength, but we’re not really in an ACL issue. “My knee feels normal, and that’s the biggest plus,” Bakhtiari said, adding that his knee never felt normal after his first ACL surgery in early 2021. “My nightmare that I have to live, and I don’t know how many days it’s been, but I’m just excited to wake up one day.”īakhtiari’s knee was - and to some extent still is - so damaged that it’s not even about the original ACL tear anymore. “Oh, it’s a nightmare,” Bakhtiari said Wednesday. It has been 19 grueling months for the five-time All-Pro selection, and it remains unclear when exactly he’ll play again after undergoing a third knee surgery around when OTAs began in May. The Packers began their 2022 training camp Wednesday, 573 days after the initial injury, and Bakhtiari was still not practicing because his left knee isn’t healthy enough.
31, 2020, while preparing for the Packers’ Week 17 game in Chicago, Bakhtiari tore his left ACL in practice. – David Bakhtiari was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2020 despite playing only 12 games.
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