The Green Bay Packers organization will enter its first season without four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers low center since 2008.
After 18 seasons in Green Bay, Rodgers asked for a trade in the offseason and finally got his wish in April when the new york jets sent multiple picks to the Packers to acquire the Super Bowl champion.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers poses with a jersey after a news conference at the NFL football team’s training facility in Florham Park, New Jersey, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The relationship had come to an end as Green Bay was looking to start a new era with Jordan Love as the franchise quarterback.
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While the Packers certainly hope they don’t hit rock bottom without Rodgers, Packers offensive lineman David Bakhtiari is calling the 2023 NFL Season what it is.
«As I see it, it’s disrespectful to say that you’re not rebuilding from a Hall of Fame quarterback«Bakhtiari said Wednesday after an OTA practice, according to ESPN. «It was disrespectful to say you weren’t rebuilding from Brett Favre when you moved to Aaron. No one knew Aaron and what he was going to be, so I’m not going to sit here and take those words back because that’s it, when you look at how it’s been built, how we’ve been chasing it and the edge. there were a lot of situations that can definitely allude to that: we have a young team.»
It’s not the first time the five-time Pro Bowl left tackle has voiced his opinion on the matter, twice this offseason saying the team is rebuilding.
David Bakhtiari, #69 of the Green Bay Packers, on the field after a win over the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field on November 13, 2022 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst he apparently disagrees, refusing to use the term after the Rodgers trade.
«No, I never look [at] like this,” Gutekunst said in April, according to ESPN. “We are excited about this soccer team and where it can go. Obviously, we’re a long way from what our 53-man roster and 16-man practice squad will look like, but we’re very excited about it. He’s going to be new, obviously, specifically as a quarterback, it seems. But at the same time, the goals don’t change around here. They’re going to be the same goals we’ve always had, right?
«There’s a goal here every year, no matter what. And just like the last time we went from one quarterback to another, right? The goals are the same. It’s going to be up to those guys to put them.» the job. It’s going to be exciting to watch. Nothing is really changing.»
David Bakhtiari, #69 of the Green Bay Packers, participates in an OTA practice session at the Don Hutson Center on May 31, 2023 in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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On Wednesday, Bakhtiari pointed to the Seattle Seahawks — who reached the NFL Playoffs after trading franchise QB Russell Wilson ahead of the 2022 season — as to why a rebuild doesn’t always mean experiencing a losing season.
«I think the Seahawks rebuilt themselves from Russell. [Wilson]look how that turned out,” Bakhtiari said. “I can also give you the other side of the coin. I don’t know it by heart, but that’s how I see it, and that’s a simple way of putting it. We can splice it up, cut it up, make it sound like he wants to be the hero or the villain in that word, but that’s really what I mean.»