I think this is enough with David.

What can be done to get out of the situation? Bakh is paid for this year. He's a $20MM cap hit next year even if he doesn't play.

You use him when you can. It's a better scenario for him to have missed Sunday due to protesting playing on artificial turf than due to a bad knee. If he misses the five games on artificial turf this season that gives enough time to evaluate depth behind him. Can we say his absence caused the loss? That's an actual question, and it can only be answered by studying the film of LT for every snap. Project weakness there being fixed and what impact that would have had. The one sack was clearly on Walker playing LT, his assignment blew past him untouched. While it would have been better for JL10 to have thrown the ball away that would have had to have been a split second decision AND release; a heckuva ask for someone that hasn't yet learned to throw it away, at all. It's probably better that he took the sack, another skill he hasn't mastered yet.

That's one play. What else?

Artificial turf is on top of concrete. It does make sense that the greatest risk is to the clash of the titans. The idea that the NFL going to all real grass fields throws high schools under the bus is absurd, they don't have 600+ pounds of two guys meeting with NFL levels of force. College doesn't either. Bakh's main point is all the talk by the league about "player safety" is a ruse since they haven't even addressed playing on concrete. It's a protest against dumbass rule changes that ruin the game in favor of ticket sales and TV contracts. You gotta let guys compete, and they can't; that's terrible for the sport. It's all about "sell the sizzle, not the steak," and our media should not be fooled by this. It's your job to call out the bullshit.

There's also the possibility that this is placebo effect, at least in part. If Bakh thinks he's more likely to re-injure his knee on artificial turf and he re-injures his knee on artificial turf, that injury is just as real. Ask any Dr, they know the placebo effect is stronger than most medicines they can prescribe.

Letting Bakh not play on artificial turf should not be controversial. Combined with not demanding he practice if it will compromise his game readiness, that's worth a hefty hometown discount next year. He's already said he knows he'll need to take a paycut next year no matter where he plays. Make him comfortable here and get what you can.

I hope Watson stops his fucking celebrating. NFL is tough enough without self-inflicted injuries. GPG!!!

It would be nice if we had all our preferred guys on the field at least once. Watson is a good start. Having Bakhtiari available and not injured is a big plus for this team, so I don't get why we complain about him not playing in Atlanta.

Newman is now a starter. Big surprise. . We're about to enter a home stretch where we play two games in 5 days. If we can win both of these games, this team is legit. I actually think we have a real good chance at winning both of them and claiming first place in the division after 4 games.

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Does it seem like Dillon doesn't get good blocking? I think it's more likely that he's not just hitting the holes that are there, because the same guys look like better blockers with Jones on the field. I think Dillon should be a pile driver. Run the wedge and push the pile, like rugby. We should never not get 1 yard.

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If Jenkins is going to be out for more than a week, IMO we should put Runyan back at his more familiar LG spot, and move Newman over to RG. Although Newman did a good job of holding his own, I thought, I just freakin' KNEW this was going to happen for six months, and here we are: Newman is our starter.

With Aaron Jones out, the Packers have to run stretch and outside zone run with Taylor and Wilson. I've yet to read a reason why they didn't do this in ATL (16 touches between them), and it's clear that getting to the outiside is not Dillon's strength.