{"id":1504,"date":"2016-09-13T15:29:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T19:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2016-09-13T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T19:29:31","slug":"packers-sign-david-bakhtiari-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2016\/09\/13\/packers-sign-david-bakhtiari-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers Sign Left Tackle David Bakhtiari to 4-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Green Bay Packers<\/strong> have signed their young left tackle to a massive contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>The team announced that <strong>David Bakhtiari<\/strong> was signed to a four-year, $51.67 million extension on Tuesday.\u00a0The new deal averages $12 million a year and makes him among the five highest paid offensive lineman in the league.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Packers<\/a> agreed to terms with LT David Bakhtiari on a 4-year extension worth up to $51.67M. New money avgs is $12M per year. Top 5 for OLs<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/775687376270163968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Green Bay Packers Sign Left Tackle David Bakhtiari to 4-Year Extension<\/h2>\n<p>Bakhtiari was set to become a free agent next summer when his rookie contract expired. But general manager <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/ThomTe20.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Thompson<\/a><\/strong> did not want to wait to prolong the young player. With this new contract Bakhtiari will be wearing <em>Green and Gold<\/em> until 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Although there is no official statement proving that punter <strong>Tim Mashtay<\/strong> and left guard <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SittJo20.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Sitton<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s release had anything to do with clearing up cap space for Bakhtiari\u2019s extension, and the possible extension of center <strong>JC Tretter<\/strong>, guard <strong>TJ Lang<\/strong>, and the other players set to become free agents, there is no question that Thompson needed that cap space to make this work.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting the two veterans gave \u201cTed Thompson $7.325 million more in salary-cap space, raising his available room to sign contract extensions or carry over to next season to $16,694,945,\u201d according to <strong>Tom Silverstein<\/strong> for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2016\/09\/08\/packers-reap-cap-space-dumping-salaries\/90095496\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Silverstein also writes that since both of these veteran players were in the final year of their respective contracts, \u201cthere are no future years of pro-rated guaranteed pay \u2013 known as \u2018dead money\u2019 that must be charged to next year\u2019s cap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bakhtiari is a prime example of the saying \u2018your best ability is your availability\u2019 as he has missed only two games since being drafted in the fourth round in 2013 out of the <strong>University of Colorado<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;few offensive linemen with an average yearly contract value of $12 million\u00a0are all left tackles: <strong>Dallas<\/strong>\u2019 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SmitTy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyron Smith<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Kansas City<\/strong>\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FishEr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Fisher<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Washington<\/strong>\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WillTr21.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trent Williams<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>New Orleans<\/strong>\u2019 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/ArmsTe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terron Armstead<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Buffalo<\/strong>\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GlenCo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cordy Glenn<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d according to <strong>Evan \u2018Tex\u2019 Western<\/strong> for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acmepackingcompany.com\/2016\/9\/13\/12901724\/packers-sign-david-bakhtiari-to-4-year-contract-extension-per-report\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SB Nation<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/488805612\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/488805612?et=nLe6-2jGQ5RO_qmKXlSb_g&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=GcYNiap-2di4ia_0BWfuzK1V8h9oJxT1jGxoUTsSG0A=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers have signed their young left tackle to a massive contract extension. 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