{"id":67337,"date":"2022-09-06T04:21:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T04:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/packers-lt-david-bakhtiari-expecting-to-play-week-1-vs-vikings\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T04:21:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T04:21:56","slug":"packers-lt-david-bakhtiari-expecting-to-play-week-1-vs-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/packers-lt-david-bakhtiari-expecting-to-play-week-1-vs-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers LT David Bakhtiari expecting to play Week 1 vs.  Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari is expecting to be ready to play in Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings, according to Rob Demovsky of ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE<\/em>: Bakhtiari <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidBakhtiari\/status\/1566944648144232448\" target=\"_blank\">responded to a tweet<\/a> from Demoovsky, suggesting he&#8217;s maybe not certain of his availability for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Buy Packers Tickets<\/p>\n<p>Bakhtiari, a five-time All-Pro attempting to come back after a third surgery on his knee, was activated off the PUP list on Aug.  21. He finally returned to team drills in practice on Monday, per coach Matt LaFleur, providing the next big step in his long road back to the playing field.<\/p>\n<p>If able to play in the opener on Sunday, Bakhtiari&#8217;s return would immediately solidify the left tackle position and the rest of the Packers offensive line entering the 2022 season.<\/p>\n<p>It would also be a huge milestone for Bakhtiari.<\/p>\n<p>After tearing his ACL and suffering other damage on Dec.  31, 2020, Bakhtiari labored through a nightmare rehab process and played in just one game last season.  He needed a second clean-up surgery during the season in 2021 and then a third surgery before the offseason workout program this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Despite returning to play parts of two quarters in Detroit in the season finale, Bakhtiari was inactive for the Packers&#8217; playoff loss to the 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>Elgton Jenkins&#8217; status for Sunday is less certain.  He is also coming back from a torn ACL.  If ready, he would be expected to start at right tackle, forming a potentially elite tackle duo with Bakhtiari.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari is expecting to be ready to play in Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings, according to Rob Demovsky of ESPN. NOTE: Bakhtiari responded to a tweet from Demoovsky, suggesting he&#8217;s maybe not certain of his availability for Sunday. Buy Packers Tickets Bakhtiari, a five-time All-Pro attempting to come &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/packers-lt-david-bakhtiari-expecting-to-play-week-1-vs-vikings\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Packers LT David Bakhtiari expecting to play Week 1 vs.  Vikings<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[15004,4624,10213],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69720,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/david-bakhtiari-elgton-jenkins-limited-in-packers-practice\/","url_meta":{"origin":67337,"position":0},"title":"David Bakhtiari, Elgton Jenkins limited in Packers practice","date":"September 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Getty Images The Packers closed out last season without David Bakhtiari or Elgton Jenkins in the lineup and it's been unclear for much of the offseason if they'd be back to face the Vikings in Week One.That game is drawing closer and things look to be moving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Philadelphia Eagles v Green Bay Packers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1289935564-e1662586225374.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":52174,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/packers-activating-lt-david-bakhtiari-off-of-pup-list\/","url_meta":{"origin":67337,"position":1},"title":"Packers activating LT David Bakhtiari off of PUP list","date":"August 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The training camp of All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari will officially begin on Sunday. Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Bakhtiari is coming off the physically unable to participate (PUP) list and will do individual drills on Sunday. \u201cDave's coming off PUP today. 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Both the Green Bay Packers and your Minnesota Vikings have filed their initial reports, so let's take a look at both. As is our wont, we will start with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27536,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/packers-tackle-david-bakhtiari-determined-to-return-in-all-pro-form\/","url_meta":{"origin":67337,"position":4},"title":"Packers tackle David Bakhtiari determined to return in All-Pro form","date":"July 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"GREEN BAY - David Bakhtiari compares it to driving a sports car. His finely tuned body is an unnatural blend of size, speed and flexibility, athleticism most people can only dream to possess. 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