The left tackle of Green Bay insists, the franchise of Wisconsin starts again in 2023 on new bases.
It’s a word fans don’t like to hear. A word that seems taboo for the leaders of the Packers, who refused to use it.
But for David Bakhtiari it is however obvious: Green Bay is a team in reconstruction this year.
Heckled after an early April release on the podcast Bussin’ With The Boys, where he had already mentioned this term, the veteran confirmed his thought with ESPN during training camps.
“I see it like that, it’s disrespectful not to say that we’re rebuilding after the loss of a hall of fame quarterback. It was disrespectful not to say you’re rebuilding when you go from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers. No one could know what Aaron would be able to do. So I’m not going to sit here and go back on what I said. We have a young team. »
The example of the Seahawks
If it is often seen as a synonym of complicated season, this word is seen by Bakhtiari more as an allusion to a change of cycle. He even has an example to prove that we can rebuild without being a candidate for the first choice of the next draft.
“I think the Seahawks were rebuilding after Russell Wilson. Look how it went for them. »
