The head coach of the Green Bay Packers makes a statement about David Bakhtiari’s future with the team.

The Green Bay Packers have a tough decision with David Bakhtiari this off-season.  Week one proved he could still be one of the best left tackles in the NFL when healthy.  Unfortunately, that was the only game Bakhtiari was able to play this season due to his lingering knee issues.

However, today LaFleur released a statement about what the future of Bakhtiari in a Packers uniform looks like

Matt LaFleur keeping things open with David Bakhtiari: “I mean, he’s a hell of a player, right? He is a hell of a player, and he had a big-time injury.

So I’m sure we’ll evaluate that, get more information, talk to Dave, and those decisions will be made in the near future.

In the last few seasons, the Packers and David Bakhtiari have had an interesting relationship.  In December of 2020, Bakhtiari tore his ACL, which has had far-reaching consequences for his career.  Bakhtiari will have played just one game in two of the last three seasons (2021 and 2023) because of that ACL tear.  In 2022, Bakhtiari played 11 games, but his season was cut short again because of knee issues.

If the Packers feel confident in his ability to not only get healthy but play at a high level, they would almost certainly love to have him protecting Jordan Love’s blindside.

It has also been annotated that Bakhtiari seems to want to return to Green Bay.  Robin Adams of Wisconsin Sports Heroics first reported it for our site: