@@elonallen9787 I have moved on, however I believed your statement to value availability over ability to be uttering ridiculous. In the spirit of moving on, I sincerely hope the Packers choose an offensive tackle as their first draft selection. This is a great draft for the position.
It’s a tough situation all around. My only worry is that there seem to be a number of past players who are not too happy with the organizations handling of their departure. Hard to tell whether it’s just the realities of a tough business or an indication of something the Packers need to take a look in the mirror on. Always felt pride in the way the Packers operate and want to think they do things right.
I'd have to say its a business and 30 years of being relevant shows the organization knows what they're doing. If I'm being real Donald Driver is the only one that honestly got treated differently on his departure. They kept him and extra year after he fell off which is more than they usually ever do for anyone else. In a perfect world you want to see all of our players get that kind of send off. From a humanitarian standpoint our front office is ruthless. From a football standpoint they do great job. We are playing football after all just so we don't forget. I b*tched about Bahk missing for time and as a fan it was frustrating. Still looking at what this dude was to us, a stud for years, one of the best at his position. From interviews I've seen he's as cool as the other side of the pillow and a good dude. I'm not sure who will be chugging the beers at the Bucks games anymore. Looking at it all i appreciate every snap and every practice this guy ever gave us. Its easy for us fans to become unappreciative $hit bags, but not one of us can say we would would rather have never had this guy, if you do you're a special time of remedial. The years he played were phenomenal and he was one of the best at the position. All that being said thanks for everything Bahk. It would be great to see you back as our online coach at some point. Stay strong my dude. Good luck with everything
its definitely the organization to some capacity. rodgers talked about it a few years ago. and lets be honest, they kicked out jordy even tho he was willing to take a pay cut, they cut clay the same way, mistreated rodgers, cobb, zadarius smith, davante, devondre campbell and now cutted Aaron jones cuz he wouldnt take a third pay cut. a third!!. i get rodgers was a tricky situation, but there is no way all these guys were captains and prominent members of the team and, besides rodgers, had zero drama and were team leaders during their tenures and all of them left feeling disrespected by the team or in bad terms.
Dave was a 4th round pick and busted his ass to become one of the best tackles in the business. Its a shame his knee was destroyed. Best of luck to him.
Sorry… “saw the non verbal stuff when I decided to put my health first”. Bro you’re a professional football player that was paid 100 million and basically missed 3 straight seasons… don’t play the victim, nobody was mad you were hurt and needed surgery, but they’re allowed to hate the situation it created. Team still has to play 17 games, salary cap is what it is. I’m so tired of the victimhood in today’s society. I can’t respect a guy that can’t see the situation for what it is
lol he’s playing the victim? Yikes dude. He’s all class while being direct and honest about what happened. If you’re honestly losing respect for bahktiari after this interview then you had your mind made up way before. There’s devondre Campbell and then there’s bakhtiari. Polar opposites on their exit and bahk obviously knows what the situation is here
At 1:16 he backtracks and says if he'd done this sooner than he wouldn't have lost those two years. He does take accountability for it. I hear your point, but with the context of the statement I just pointed out what I heard was tht he feels if he had just gotten the surgery sooner instead of trying to play through a serious injury then we might not be here. To me, that's taking accountability.
Bro your mental deficiency is showing. I didn’t see that as playing victim. He laid out a situation, would you have preferred he kept his mouth shut not giving you the nfl drama you desire during the offseason
i mean its not the first time we hear this from the players. they forced zadarius and campbell too and when they underperformed / got injured (duh), they treated them like trash
@@ricardorivera7549 zadarius has been on two other teams since the packers lmao guy has an attitude problem . He lasted one year on the Vikings before they shipped him away
@@tcfan008 vikes traded him cuz of a money issue, not an attitude problem. and he is beloved in cleveland they literally just extended him. also, with the packers he was a captain and never had an issue. if he had an attitude it didnt showed at all
Ehhhh. I still think he manipulated things to keep more money than he needed to and hes obviously doing some damage control with all these interviews. If he wants to be geniune just take a pay cut for not playing 3 years....
Not that it matters at this point, but it would be interesting to know the full details of the injury/re-injury causes, surgery options, and anticipated recovery. It seems likely that Bahk knew whether or not his knee was recovering or could recover enough to get back to playing, and I can't fault him for knowing the constructs of his very large contract in comparison to an unfortunate sunset to his prime playing time of his career by injury. Love his heart. I personally think he knew his limitations. Wasn't there a re-injury post surgery on a vacation while climbing or hiking a hill also??? Hope him the best. Just can't swing an extra 20M with the prolonged (multi-year) injury absence.
Great episode. I've been defending Bakhtiari through this entire process. I have also torn my ACL, meniscus and bruised those bones all at the same time. I know how long the recovery journey can take. In my opinion, I believe Bakhtiari should take this entire year off much like Gronkowski did dealing with his injuries. Then make a triumphant return in 2025 and perhaps, maybe hopefully back in Green Bay.
I’m a die hard Packer fan. Hate to say it, I’m sick of David B. I don’t blame him for the injury, I definitely blame him for how poorly he handled communicating his injury with the team. He destroyed his Packer legacy by leaving his team in dark, over and over and over again.
lmao nope, not at all. he will forever be the best if not a top 2 tackle in history. He tried again and again each season to come back with us. its not like he wanted his knee to be destroyed. im sure it was equally frustrating for him to not be able to play as it was for us the fans and the front office
I get tired of these kinds of things.It's a little passive-aggressive attacks.Reality is he says, you know I'm an adult.That can have a conversation.Why didn't you initiate it?These situations are not one-sided. But the Non professional will always say whatever they want and throw the professional under the bus.And i'm not saying the packard administration is without It's an issue but you could have had the conversation.If you knew there was an issue you could have initiated every bit as what well as they could have
rodgerrs, adams, smith, campbell, jordy and now dbak have all claimed similar stuff about the packers. not everyone can be a diva. there is definitely something going on w the front office
I'm going to miss David, not only a great player but also a great person. I'm still going to hope he comes back to Green Bay, he deserves a Superbowl ring. I know coaches don't pay as much as the great players but maybe he can be an offensive line coach???
If that were true he would have filed an injury settlement upon being released. That would have froze that near $21 million cap savings giving Bakhtiari a chance at recouping some or possibly all of that money.
@@stockamx How does that make sense? So if he does X, it proves he's Z. If he does Y, it also proves he's Z. Sounds like you just have a thought in your head that is impervious to rationale. Bak got his contract because he was the best tackle in the game. He earned it, and it's unfortunate how the injury played out, but the suggestion that he "milked" anything and played up his injury is just absurd and plain stupid.
@@stockamx Uh, did it come out of yours? Truth be told, it didn't come out of anyone's since the Packers are a publicly owned team without a single owner. In fact, they have a trough of hundreds of millions in profits stowed away that they plan on using for renovations much like the ones they've already done (and buying property around the stadium). The team hasn't suffered for it, and they chose to pay Bak knowing there are injury potentials, as is the case for all players in a highly contact sport. While nobody is happy for the injury that cost Bak 2-3 years, the notion that he "milked" them for every last penny (even though he was released and won't get every last penny) is wrong, cynical, and absurd. Besides, Bak has never been anything but a hardworking, upstanding person for the team. He sacrificed his body a lot for this team and won a lot of games while protecting Rodgers blindside as well as you could pray for. He earned his money and our respect. Don't be a tribalist interloper.
