Packers LT David Bakhtiari Expected To Make Season Debut On Sunday

Adam Schefter reports that Packers’ LT David Bakhtiari is expected to make his 2022 regular-season debut against the Buccaneers on Sunday. 

Bakhtiari is listed as questionable due to his lingering knee issues, but indications were that he could be back in the lineup for Green Bay. 

Bakhtiari has been working his way back from a torn ACL he suffered late in the 2020 season.

Bakhtiari, 30, is a former fourth-round pick of the Packers back in 2013. He was in the final year of his five-year, $53.34 million contract that included $16 million guaranteed and set to make a base salary of $10 million for the 2020 season when he agreed to a four-year extension worth up to $105.5 million extension last year. 

Bakhtiari’s original contract included a $30 million signing bonus and another $30 million-plus available in March roster bonuses in the first few years of the deal. 

In 2021, Bakhtiari appeared in and started one game for the Packers at left tackle.