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First surgery?   What about the 2 after that?   This will be his 4th surgery and I’m skeptical that it will resolve his issues.  

Packers should and will cut him next year and eat the cap.   That, or restructure, has always been the plan.   Unless he wants to restructure for damn near league minimum, that option is gone.  

 
Tom Silverstein
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Bakhtiari said the ailment in his knee had nothing to do with the ACL he tore in December of 2020. Said it was an issue with his femoral condyles that provide cushion for the knee. Said they will be smoothed out and it's not an issue of him having no cartilage left in his knee.
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Every time he thought he had it in a good place the fluid and pain would come back. He said he fully expects to play next year, but said he doesn't know what the #Packers plan to do. Said it would be addressed later. Surgery will be performed by Brian Cole in Chicago.

There's just no way the Packers can bring him back.  His cap hit is $40m and he can't restructure.  It's the last year of his deal so there is no ability to push the cap hit out any further.  For the "the cap isn't real" crowd, this is when it gets real - the last year of a deal when all that cap hit that was pushed out becomes due.  Only two options are extend Bakh to push the cap hit out, or to release him.  He can't be traded b/c he's injured now and will be a free agent in March. 

As for extending him......that'd be crazy.  Since 2020, he's played in 25 games and collected $86m.  It's just time to move on.  Prioritize OL in the draft next year and hope for the best. 

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