Packers News: David Bakhtiari reportedly avoids serious injury
A roundup of the latest Green Bay Packers articles for Monday, August 6.
Good morning and welcome to the Packers News Report.
Happy Monday! We’ve arrived at the week Green Bay Packers football returns. It might only be preseason, but the team hosts the Tennessee Titans on Thursday evening at Lambeau Field. And we’re now just 34 days away from the regular season opener against the Chicago Bears.
The top story today is about Green Bay’s All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari. After getting hurt during Saturday’s Family Night Scrimmage, it’s fair to say we all feared the worst. But there’s some good news, and it came from Ian Rapoport of NFL Network on Twitter.
#Packers LT David Bakhtiari, carted away from practice last night with his shoe off, suffered just a sprained left ankle, source said. He’ll miss some practice time, but it doesn’t sound too serious.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 5, 2018
Even if he’s back to 100 percent at some point during preseason, I’d rest him now until the regular season opener. Hopefully he’ll be ready to go for the Bears game in just over a month.
Let’s begin the Packers News Report. Here’s a roundup of the latest articles from around the internet.
News and notes from around FanSided
Don’t sleep on Randall Cobb this season (Lombardi Ave)
Lombardi Ave’s Tyler Grzegorek wrote about Randall Cobb yesterday. While he’s been unable to replicate his 2014 numbers in recent years, Cobb is still a very important part of Green Bay’s offense, and he could be set for a big season.
Packers and David Bakhtiari seemingly avoid disaster (Lombardi Ave)
Here’s Andrew Cox’s article on the Bakhtiari injury. Both Bakhtiari and the Packers avoided a disaster. Bakhtiari is one of the best left tackles in football, and losing him for a long time would have been bad news for the entire offense.
NFL power rankings countdown No. 19: San Francisco 49ers (Lombardi Ave)
Here’s the latest team revealed in Keegan Jackish’s NFL power rankings countdown. At No. 19 is the San Francisco 49ers.
More news and notes from around the internet
Montravius Adams dominates during Packers’ scrimmage (Packers Wire – Zach Kruse)
Why not Montravius Adams? (Cheesehead TV – Matt Kelley)
Aaron Rodgers keeping busy answering challenge from Mike Pettine’s Packers defense (PackersNews.com – Tom Silverstein)
Predicting the most productive new QB-pass catcher duos (NFL.com – Gil Brandt)
Next. Packers 53-man roster predictions. dark
We hope you enjoyed this edition of the Packers News Report.