David Bakhtiari done in Green Bay after 11 seasons - ESPN

GREEN BAY, Wis. — After as many knee surgeries as All-Pro seasons, David Bakhtiari has been released by the Green Bay Packers. A source told ESPN that Bakhtiari is not ready to end his 11-year career at this time.

It was not immediately clear whether he intends to continue his 11-year career.

«For whatever happens next,» he wrote, «I look forward to it.» The franchise left tackle said goodbye in a social media post Monday.

A lot of emotion in this. I just want to say THANK YOU Green Bay. Thank you for the last 11 years. It's been a hell of a run. I always wanted to raise a Lombardi on Lombardi avenue, but I will never complain. I gave it my all. I always gave it my best no matter the circumstance… pic.twitter.com/dnc7gkKSAC

The end for Bakhtiari seemed to be inevitable after he underwent a fifth surgery on his ailing left knee late last season, effectively ending his career with the team that picked him in the fourth round of the 2013 draft.

The 32-year-old actually underwent two surgeries on his left knee last fall, bringing the total number of operations on that knee to five since he tore his ACL on Dec. 31, 2020. In the past three seasons, Bakhtiari played in only 13 of a possible 51 regular-season games.

The latest issue popped up after he played in the regular-season opener last year. Shortly after that, he underwent what he called a minor surgery to «clean out and address what we're going to do going forward.»

That would lead to a more complicated procedure to address the lateral femoral condyle cartilage tear Bakhtiari sustained during the initial injury. The reason it wasn't repaired during his first ACL surgery, he said, was because there was a chance it wouldn't be problematic going forward.

Bakhtiari said