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Bakhtiari said he played with extra padding and a flak jacket, but otherwise was cleared to go after missing three games. Having picked up the win, the Packers' seventh of the year, he said he planned to celebrate with his fiancé and their two dogs.
Still with "lofty, lofty goals," Bakhtiari is excited to begin the next chapter of his career with the team that took a chance on him seven years ago.
"I never really wanted to say that I get to be a Packer for life, but that is something that is really becoming true and I control that now to finish it out to stay in one spot," Bakhtiari said. "This place is very special to me, and I've given them all of me since Day 1. I would like to continue that, and like I've told them, they won't regret it. they didn't in '13, they didn't in 16', and they're not going to regret it in '20. And I'm going to own up to my end of the bargain."
Truth be told, Gutekunst smiles, the Packers had a much higher grade on Bakhtiari than the fourth round in 2013. Regardless of how Bakhtiari got to Green Bay, Gutekunst couldn't be happier to have the team's franchise left tackle in the fold long term.
"You gotta give a lot of credit to Dave and the work ethic, and what he's done, not only to become the player he's become but to stay out there," Gutekunst said. "It was good to get him back tonight, and it's good to have him for the next four years."